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Science 29 December 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3809, pp. 1675 - 1678
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3809.1675
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Ultraviolet Emissions Observed near Venus from Mariner V

Charles A. Barth 1, Jeffrey B. Pearce 1, Kenneth K. Kelly 1, Lloyd Wallace 2, and William G. Fastie 3

1 Department of Astro-Geophysics and Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder 80302
2 Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Arizona 85717
3 Department of Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

A Lyman-alpha airglow of atomic hydrogen measured in the outer atmosphere of Venus showed that atomic hydrogen is present. The variation as a function of height indicates that the temperature of the upper atmosphere of Venus is lower than that of Earth. An ultraviolet airglow of atomic oxygen was not found. An ultraviolet nightglow was observed on the dark limb.


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