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[en] Attention is given to noble gases in planetary atmospheres, the photochemistry of the stratosphere of Venus, the chemistry of metastable species in the Venusian ionosphere, the Venus ionosphere at grazing incidence of solar radiation, disappearing ionospheres on the nightside of Venus, and the observed composition of the ionosphere of Venus. Other investigations considered are concerned with the predicted electrical conductivity between 0 and 80 km in the Venusian atmosphere, sulfuric acid vapor and other cloud-related gases in the Venus atmosphere, the composition and vertical structure of the lower cloud deck on Venus, amorphous sulfur as the ultraviolet absorber on Venus, and polarization studies of the Venus UV contrasts. A description is provided of topics related to temporal variability of ultraviolet cloud features in the Venus stratosphere, zonal mean circulation at the cloud level on Venus, the influence of thermospheric winds on exospheric hydrogen on Venus, and an analysis of Venus gravity data
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International conference on the Venus environment; Palo Alto, CA (USA); 1-6 Nov 1981; CONF-8111135--
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Icarus; ISSN 0019-1035; ; v. 51 p. 297
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[en] The Voyager Ultraviolet Spectrometer has made extensive observations of airglow from Jupiter's dark-side equatorial latitudes. The brightness of H Lyman alpha, the only emission detected, varies between 700 and 1000 rayleighs (R) as a function of longitude. The dark side of Jupiter is illuminated by sky background Lyman alpha arising from resonance scattering of the solar Lyman alpha line by the neutral hydrogen of the interstellar medium. Calculations show that resonance scattering of this sky background by hydrogen in Jupiter's thermosphere will produce about 300 R of Lyman alpha emission. The additional Lyman alpha observed is probably excited by electrons and protons precipitating at equatorial latitudes. Based on the 500-R upper limit set here on the dark-side H2 Lyman and Werner bands, and the Lyman alpha measurements, the exciting particles are thought to have a soft energy spectrum and deposit about 0.04 erg/sq cm per sec in the atmosphere. There is evidence for an asymmetrical precipitation pattern associated with the longitudinal variation in Lyman alpha emission, and a suggestion of a strong day-night difference in precipitation as well
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Icarus; ISSN 0019-1035; ; v. 43 p. 128-142
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[en] A ratio spectrum of Pluto shows methane absorption bands at 6200, 7200, 7900, 8400, 8600, 8900, and 10,000 A. The heavy saturation of the 8900 band as compared to the other bands indicates a gaseous origin for the observed absorptions. A total methane abundance of 80 + or - 20 m-am is derived, and an upper limit to the total pressure of approximately .05 atm is set. The methane atmosphere would be stable if the mass of Pluto is increased 50% over its present value and its radius is 1400 km. A heavier gas mixed with the methane atmosphere would also aid its stability
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Icarus; ISSN 0019-1035; ; v. 44 p. 62-71
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[en] Monitoring of Io's neutral sodium emission cloud, monitored from two earth observatories during the period of the Voyager 1 encounter, demonstrated that the behavior of the cloud is complex displaying a variety of changes, both systematic and secular, which can have both time and spatial dependencies while also possessing some characteristics of stability. Dynamic models of the sodium cloud employing Voyager 1 plasma data provide a reasonable fit to the encounter images of one of the observatories. The modeling assumptions of anisotropic ejection of neutral sodium atoms from the leading, inner hemisphere of Io, with a velocity distribution characteristic of sputtering, adequately explain the overall intensity distribution of the 'near cloud'
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Icarus; ISSN 0019-1035; ; v. 44 p. 305-317
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[en] The present conference discusses the mass, gravity field, and ephemeris of the planet Mercury, the vulcanoid hypothesis for the chronology of Mercury's geological and geophysical evolution, the Mercurian crater-filling classes that constrain the intercrater plains material emplacement process, and the wavelength and longitude dependence of Mercury polarization. Also discussed are an analysis of the Mariner 10 color radio map of Mercury, Mercury's magnetosphere, exosphere, and surface, the dynamics of electrons and heavy ions in the Mercury magnetosphere, electron measurements and substorm time scales in the Mercury and earth magnetospheres, Mercury's sodium variations with solar radiation pressure, and appulses and occultations of SAO stars by Mercury in the 1987-1995 period
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Planet mercury conference; Tucson, AZ (USA); 6-9 Aug 1986; CONF-8608213--
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[en] Effective intermolecular pair potentials derived from liquid hydrogen and helium shock wave experiments are presently used in Monte Carlo simulations of mixtures of hydrogen and helium, at densities of up to 1.2 g/cu cm. The model interaction Helmholtz free energy derived accurately reproduces both the Monte Carlo calculation results and the experimental data obtained for densities of up to about 0.6 g/cu cm. An equation of state is derived from the free energy expression that could be useful in interior models of such Jovian planets as Saturn. 18 references
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[en] Calculations of the radiative lifetimes of cometary OH are presented as a function of the radial velocity of the comet and of the velocity distributions of the hydrogen and oxygen atoms produced by photodissociation of OH. The contribution of the photodissociation of OH to the emission of the red and green lines of atomic oxygen is assessed. An estimate is made of the lifetime of OD and of the velocity distribution of the deuterium atoms
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Icarus; ISSN 0019-1035; ; v. 59 p. 305-313
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[en] Three representative numerical simulations of the growth of the terrestrial planets by accretion of large protoplanets are considered. The mass and relative-velocity distributions of the bodies are free to evolve simultaneously in response to close gravitational encounters and occasional collisions between bodies. The collisions between bodies arise therefore in a natural way and the assumption of expressions for the relative-velocity distribution and the gravitational collision cross section is unnecessary. These simulations indicate that the growth of bodies with final masses approaching those of Venus and earth is possible, at least for the case of a two-dimensional system
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Icarus; ISSN 0019-1035; ; v. 44 p. 706-721
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[en] Observations of Uranus during the 1975, 1976, and 1978 apparitions reveal a weak absorption at the wavelength of the R5(1) line of HD with equivalent width 1.0 + or - 0.4 mA. The D/H ratio in Uranus' atmosphere implied by this line and other published spectra is (0.000048 + or - 0.000015), and may not be significantly different from that in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. In addition, the spectra exhibit two weak absorptions at 6044.76 + or - 0.02 and 6045.54 + or 0.02 A which were not identifiable. No trace of absorption is visible near these wavelengths or near the HD wavelength in a laboratory spectrum of 4.92 km-am CH4 which was obtained in an attempt to identify these absorption features and to verify that the HD feature does not arise from CH4
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Icarus; ISSN 0019-1035; ; v. 41 p. 423-429
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[en] The determination of the brightness temperature of Venus near 1.35 cm wavelength is reviewed. The observed brightness temperature is compared with models for the microwave emission based on the physical and chemical structure of the atmosphere as obtained from spacecraft. Upper limits are set on the concentrations of microwave-absorbing minor constituents. In particular, upper limits are determined for SO2 (180 ppm) and H2O (0.3%) for a mixing-ratio profile that is uniformly mixed up to the cloud bottom at 50 km and is rapidly depleted (scale height, approximately 1 km) at higher altitudes. The total optical depth of the cloud region at or above 50 km is less than 0.17 at 1.35 cm wavelength. The SO2 upper limit is only in marginal agreement with the spacecraft results, and it may be that the latter have been overestimated, or that the distribution of SO2 is more complex than given by the uniform mixing model
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Icarus; ISSN 0019-1035; ; v. 46 p. 58-69
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