To Interstellar Pollution List Add Carbon Monoxide
JUL 01, 1970
DOI: 10.1063/1.3022240
Carbon monoxide has been detected in the Milky Way. The eighth molecule to be found in space was reported in April (in an International Astronomical Union Circular) by Keith Jefferts, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson of Bell Labs. Using the 36‐foot telescope at Kitt Peak, the observers found a CO line in emission at 2.6 mm in at least five sources in our galaxy.
© 1970. American Institute of Physics
