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To: Little Pig

Have any theories on how the methane and ethane originated?


15 posted on 08/29/2013 12:43:32 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Lots of simple (and not-so-simple) compounds formed as the planetary nebula coalesced and was irradiated by the sun. Unfiltered ultraviolet light provides the energy for lots of reactions like that.


18 posted on 08/29/2013 1:06:17 AM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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