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    Tobin, John J; van 't Hoff, Merel L R; Leemker, Margot; van Dishoeck, Ewine F; Paneque-Carreño, Teresa; Furuya, Kenji; Harsono, Daniel; Persson, Magnus V; Cleeves, L Ilsedore; Sheehan, Patrick D; Cieza, Lucas

    Nature (London), 03/2023, Letnik: 615, Številka: 7951
    Journal Article

    Water is a fundamental molecule in the star and planet formation process, essential for catalysing the growth of solid material and the formation of planetesimals within disks . However, the water snowline and the HDO:H O ratio within proto-planetary disks have not been well characterized because water only sublimates at roughly 160 K (ref. ), meaning that most water is frozen out onto dust grains and that the water snowline radii are less than 10 AU (astronomical units) . The sun-like protostar V883 Ori (M  = 1.3 M ) is undergoing an accretion burst , increasing its luminosity to roughly 200 L (ref. ), and previous observations suggested that its water snowline is 40-120 AU in radius . Here we report the direct detection of gas phase water (HDO and Formula: see text) from the disk of V883 Ori. We measure a midplane water snowline radius of approximately 80 AU, comparable to the scale of the Kuiper Belt, and detect water out to a radius of roughly 160 AU. We then measure the HDO:H O ratio of the disk to be (2.26 ± 0.63) × 10 . This ratio is comparable to those of protostellar envelopes and comets, and exceeds that of Earth's oceans by 3.1σ. We conclude that disks directly inherit water from the star-forming cloud and this water becomes incorporated into large icy bodies, such as comets, without substantial chemical alteration.