ESA module “Phil” refutes the theory of the emergence of water on Earth – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, December 10 – RIA Novosti. The theory is that the water in the world was the result of a comet, was not confirmed, said a representative of the European Space Agency (ESA) Catherine Altwegg.

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Module “Phil” ESA space probe “Rosetta” for the first time in the history of landed on the three-kilometer nucleus of the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 12 November. After a day module began to study the chemical composition of the comet’s nucleus.

As a result of studies of water vapor from the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, it turned out that the water in the comet and the Earth has a different composition. “The space probe” Rosetta “ESA found that water vapor from the comet differ significantly from the earth,” – said on the official website of the organization.

The researchers reported that the proportion of heavy hydrogen, or deuterium, composed of water vapor on comet is much higher than its share of water on Earth. “It’s probably exclude the fact that the water in the world was the result of a comet” – leads edition of New York Times employee of the University of Bern statement in Switzerland Catherine Altwegg, which investigates the data obtained using the “Rosetta”.

“We can conclude that the more likely that water brought asteroids and comets are not” – quoted by Agence France-Presse Altwegg. Nevertheless, the question of the origin of water on Earth is still open.