Atmospheric abundances for Jupiter
- Atmospheric abundances for Jupiter
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Atmospheric abundances for Jupiter
gas percent element measured (relative to hydrogen) Jupiter/Sun ratio
Equilibrium species
hydrogen (H2) 86.4
helium (
He) 13.56 helium-4 0.81
water (H2O) > 0.026 oxygen > 0.82
methane (
CH4) 0.21 carbon 2.9 ± 0.5
ammonia (
NH3) 0.07 nitrogen 3.6 ± 0.5
hydrogen sulfide (H2S) 0.007 sulfur 2.5 ± 0.2
hydrogen deuteride (
HD) 0.004 deuterium no deuterium on Sun
neon (
Ne) 0.002 neon-20 0.10 ± 0.01
argon (
Ar) 0.002 argon-36 2.5 ± 0.5
krypton (
Kr) 6 × 10
-8 krypton-84 2.7 ± 0.5
xenon (
Xe) 6 × 10
-9 xenon-132 2.6 ± 0.5
Nonequilibrium species
phosphine (
PH3) 5 × 10
-5 phosphorus 0.8
germane (
GeH4) 6 × 10
-8 germanium 0.05
arsine (
AsH3) 2 × 10
-8 arsenic 0.5
carbon monoxide (
CO) 1 × 10
-7 carbon dioxide (
CO2) detected in stratosphere
ethylene (C2H4) 6 × 10-7 (north polar region)
benzene (C6H6) 2 × 10-7 (north polar region)
propyne (C3H4) 2 × 10-7 (north polar region)
Detected species not yet quantified
propane (C3H8)
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