Astronomers thought Solar System comets gave us a fair sample of comet water, but interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has blown that idea open: its water carries over 30 times more heavy hydrogen than typical comets formed around our Sun, hinting that our own comet family may be the local oddball — not the cosmic rule.
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-thought-solar-system-comets-gave-us-a-fair-sample-of-comet-water-but-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-has-blown-that-idea-open-its-water-carries-over-30-times-more-heavy-hydrogen-than-typical-comets-formed-around-our-sun-hinting-that-our-own-comet-family-may-be-the-local-oddball-not-the-cosmic-rule
<p>An ALMA-based analysis reports that water in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is enriched in deuterium by
#interstellar #astronomers #thought #system
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-thought-solar-system-comets-gave-us-a-fair-sample-of-comet-water-but-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-has-blown-that-idea-open-its-water-carries-over-30-times-more-heavy-hydrogen-than-typical-comets-formed-around-our-sun-hinting-that-our-own-comet-family-may-be-the-local-oddball-not-the-cosmic-rule
<p>An ALMA-based analysis reports that water in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is enriched in deuterium by
#interstellar #astronomers #thought #system



