Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2
Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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A drop in the ocean
Earth's bulk composition is similar to that of a group of oxygen-poor meteorites called enstatite chondrites, thought to have formed in the early solar nebula. This leads to the suggestion that proto-Earth was dry, and that volatiles including water were delivered by asteroid and comet impacts. The deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H)...
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Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_03786267v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_03786267v1
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature10519
