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    New measurements of D/H on Mars using EXES aboard SOFIA

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    Encrenaz, T.
    DeWitt, C.
    Richter, M.J.
    Greathouse, T.K.
    Fouchet, T.
    Montmessin, F.
    Lefèvre, F.
    Bézard, B.
    Atreya, S K.
    Aoki, S.
    Sagawa, H.
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    Discipline
    Physical sciences
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2018
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    The global D/H ratio on Mars is an important measurement for understanding the past history of water on Mars; locally, through condensation and sublimation processes, it is a possible tracer of the sources and sinks of water vapor on Mars. Measuring D/H as a function of longitude, latitude and season is necessary for determining the present averaged value of D/H on Mars. Following an earlier measurement in April 2014, we used the Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (EXES) instrument on board the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) facility to map D/H on Mars on two occasions, on March 24, 2016 (Ls = 127°), and January 24, 2017 (Ls = 304°), by measuring simultaneously the abundances of H2O and HDO in the 1383–1391 cm−1 range (7.2 μm). The D/H disk-integrated values are 4.0 (+0.8, −0.6) × Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water (VSMOW) and 4.5 (+0.7, −0.6) × VSMOW, respectively, in agreement with our earlier result. The main result of this study is that there is no evidence of strong local variations in the D/H ratio nor for seasonal variations in the global D/H ratio between northern summer and southern summer.
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    Encrenaz, T.; DeWitt, C.; Richter, M.J.; Greathouse, T.K.; Fouchet, T.; Montmessin, F.; Lefèvre, F.; Bézard, B.; Atreya, S K.; Aoki, S.; Sagawa, H. (2018). New measurements of D/H on Mars using EXES aboard SOFIA. , Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 612, A112, DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732367.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/6950
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732367
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    Article
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    Language
    eng
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