The probability that the impactor just happened to have
the same isotopic signature as the Earth was vanishingly small.
The probability that the impactor just happened to have
the same isotopic signature as Earth was vanishingly small.
Not exact matches
But planetary bodies that formed in different parts of the solar system generally have different
isotopic compositions, so different that the
isotopic signatures serve as «fingerprints» for planets and meteorites from the
same body.
The content of the air is made of two sets (CO2 anthropic from emissions)(t) and (CO2 natural)(t); the lifetime of the molecules is the
same for both sets and is known to be in the range 3 to 7 years; once a lifetime is assumed the (CO2 anthropic from emissions)(t) and its delta13C can be computed to get (CO2 natural)(t) and its
isotopic signature; this is done for several assumed lifetimes of CO2 molecules in the air.