Jupiter's helium-rich atmosphere contains xenon with excess Xe-136 and the
ratio of r-products more closely resembles "strange" xenon (Xe-X, alias Xe-
HL) seen in carbonaceous chondrites than xenon seen in the solar wind (SW-X
e). The linkage of primordial helium with Xe-X, as seen on a microscopic sc
ale in meteorites, apparently extended across planetary distances in the so
lar nebula, This is expected if the solar system acquired its present chemi
cal and isotopic diversity directly from debris of the star that produced o
ur elements.