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  D/H in the refractory organics of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured by Rosetta/COSIMA

Paquette, J., Fray, N., Bardyn, A., Engrand, C., Alexander, C., Siljeström, S., et al. (2021). D/H in the refractory organics of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured by Rosetta/COSIMA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504(4), 4940-4951. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1028.

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Paquette, John1, Author           
Fray, N., Author
Bardyn, A., Author
Engrand, C., Author
Alexander, C.M.O'D., Author
Siljeström, S., Author
Cottin, H., Author
Merouane, Sihane1, Author           
Isnard, R., Author
Stenzel, Oliver Joachim1, Author           
Fischer, Henning1, Author           
Rynö, J., Author
Kissel, Jochen1, Author           
Hilchenbach, Martin1, Author           
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1Department Planets and Comets, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Society, ou_1832288              

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Free keywords: comets: general, comets: individual: 67P, protoplanetary discs
 Abstract: The D/H ratio is a clue to the origin and evolution of hydrogen-bearing chemical species in Solar system materials. D/H has been observed in the coma of many comets, but most such measurements have been for gaseous water. We present the first in situ measurements of the D/H ratios in the organic refractory component of cometary dust particles collected at very low impact speeds in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (hereafter 67P) by the COSIMA instrument onboard Rosetta. The values measured by COSIMA are spatial averages over an approximately 35 × 50 µm2 area. The average D/H ratio for the 25 measured particles is (1.57 ± 0.54) × 10−3, about an order of magnitude higher than the Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water (VSMOW), but more than an order of magnitude lower than the values measured in gas-phase organics in solar-like protostellar regions and hot cores. This relatively high averaged value suggests that refractory carbonaceous matter in comet 67P is less processed than the most primitive insoluble organic matter (IOM) in meteorites, which has a D/H ratio in the range of about 1 to 7 × 10−4. The cometary particles measured in situ also have a higher H/C ratio than the IOM. We deduce that the measured D/H in cometary refractory organics is an inheritance from the presolar molecular cloud from which the Solar system formed. The high D/H ratios observed in the cometary particles challenges models in which high D/H ratios result solely from processes that operated in the protosolar disc.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2021
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1028
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Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  Other : Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Source Genre: Journal
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Publ. Info: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 504 (4) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 4940 - 4951 Identifier: ISSN: 1365-8711
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1000000000024150