Thu Jul 21 03:03:19 1994


JUPITER: DETECTION OF CS2


For the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) team, K. S. Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute, reports the following result: We have identified CS2 in spectra of impact site G obtained with the HST Faint Object Spectrograph. At least 13 separate bands from 1873 A to 2064 A are clearly observed. In the same spectra we have previously positively identified S2, enhanced NH3, and we have tentative evidence for H2S (see IAUC 6031). CS2 is an expected product of shock and/or solar EUV induced chemical reactions between H2S and CH4. We have also searched for bands of SO and SO2, but no band from either molecule has been observed. The two spectra were obtained at 10:43 and 11:05 UT on 19 July 1994, more than three hours after the impact of fragment G. The 0."9 arcsec aperture was positioned at the center of the impact site.




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