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Protosolar Nitrogen

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: We have derived a value of 15 N/ 14 N = × 10 -3 in the Jovian atmosphere using data from the Galileo Probe Mass Spectrometer. Adopting this as the average value for nitrogen in the solar nebula leads to a consistent interpretation of other measurements of nitrogen isotopes in the solar system, once nuclear evolution in the Galaxy and ion-molecule reactions in the interstellar medium are taken into account. The result confirms the assumption that atmospheric nitrogen on Earth was not delivered as N 2 but that N 2 was the dominant form of nitrogen in the solar nebula.

Source: The Astrophysical Journal

DOI: 10.1086/320501

Authors: Tobias Owen, Paul R. Mahaffy, Hasso B. Niemann, Sushil Atreya, Michael Wong

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System, Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Astro and Planetary Science

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

OpenAlex ID: W4244710718

FWCI: 10.32

Cites: 24

Cited by: 237

Related to: 10