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Dr Ryan MacDonald
distantworlds.space
did:plc:hfr6vsgysggqew64kpowxwvb
CH4 is the best explanation we found for the potential bumps on the spectrum. N2 doesn't have any notable absorption of its own, but we need a background gas heavier than CH4 (~ 16 proton masses) to match the data, and N2 (~ 28 proton masses) does a good job.
2025-09-09T06:56:35.305Z