A Proxy For Hydrogen In Space?
a: Carbon monoxide ~
b: a lighthouse
What: "The hydrogen spectra get lost on the way, but carbon monoxide is like a lighthouse - its spectra are observed more often than those of any other molecule," Szalewicz says. "You can indirectly tell what the density of hydrogen is from the carbon monoxide spectra."
Useful?
Writer: Krzysztof Szalewicz, professor of physics
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Date: Jul 22 2013 7:19 PM
# 3430 Critique Analogy