ESA: Rosetta probe data refute the theory of the emergence of water on Earth – Arguments and Facts

Moscow, December 11 – AiF-Moscow.

The data collected on the research mission Rosetta comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, refute the theory of the emergence of water on Earth as a result of the fall of comets, the website European Space Agency.

 
 

ESA spacecraft found water vapor on the comet, whose composition is significantly different from that which has in the world, thus opening up the debate about the origin of the oceans on the planet.

 
 

«measurements were carried out for a month after the arrival of the spacecraft to the comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko from 6 August. This is one of the most anticipated results of the mission, because the origin of water on Earth is still an open question, “- according to the website.

 
 

One of the leading hypotheses for the origin of the oceans suggests that water was delivered to the planet celestial bodies as 4.6 billion years ago the Earth was so hot that most of the water is on the planet previously boiled away.

 
 

Researchers ESA believed that the oceans on Earth are the result of the fall of meteorites that have occurred from the asteroid belt, despite the small amount of wate r in them.

 
 

«Since Rosetta continues to monitor the comet during the orbital motion around the sun over the next year, we will be closely watching how it develops and behaves, which will give us a unique insight into the mysterious world of comets and their contribution in our understanding of the evolution of the solar system, “- said the ESA.

 
 

Recall module Philae, delivered probe Rosetta sat on the surface of the nucleus of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, November 12 around 18:35 Moscow time. Landing operation carried out more than 500 million kilometers from Earth.

 
 
 
 

November 12, 2014 for the first time in the history of mankind built earthlings device reached the surface of the comet’s nucleus. Now you need to stay on it. More & gt; & gt;