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Science. 1965 May 21;148(3673):1085-8. doi: 10.1126/science.148.3673.1085.
A source mechanism for the noble gases in the earth's atmosphere may be the solar-wind bombardment of extraterrestrial dust. Calculations based on estimates of recent influx of dust to the earth, quiet solar-wind intensity, argon abundance in the solar wind, and assumed Poynting-Robertson lifetimes of small particles in space agree within a factor of 5 with the present amounts of argon-36 and argon-38 in the atmosphere.
地球大气中惰性气体的一个来源机制可能是太阳风对地球外尘埃的轰击。根据近期尘埃进入地球的估计量、平静太阳风强度、太阳风中氩的丰度以及假设的太空中小颗粒的坡印廷-罗伯逊寿命进行的计算，与大气中目前的氩-36和氩-38含量在5倍的误差范围内相符。
