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Old 13-11-2010, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jarvamundo View Post
Strawman steven.

How can you make the conclusion that the gases are emitted from the subsurface, as opposed to the hypothesis that the O-(from comet) and H+ (solar wind) combine to form hydroxl in the near atmosphere?

This would provide for absorption spectra.
That is totally incorrect. The hydroxyl you describe is a hydroxyl radical.
The hydroxyl radical is observed at far infrared at 119 microns. The hydroxyl in the NASA spectrum is at located at 2.7 microns. It is an example of an associated hydroxyl, in this case associated with water.

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