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Science 30 January 1976:
Vol. 191. no. 4225, pp. 379 - 380
DOI: 10.1126/science.191.4225.379
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Venus: Microwave Detection of Carbon Monoxide

R. K. KAKAR 1, J. W. WATERS 1, and W. J. WILSON 2

1 Space Sciences Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91103
2 Electronics Research Laboratory, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California 90245

The 115-gigahertz microwave line of carbon monoxide has been detected in the spectrum of Venus. The measurement proves that the carbon monoxide mixing ratio increases above an altitude of 85 kilometers in the Venus stratosphere and provides quantitative information on carbon monoxide in the altitude region from 80 to 110 kilometers. This altitude region is well above that which has been previously sensed.

Submitted on October 20, 1975


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