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Science 11 February 1977:
Vol. 195. no. 4278, pp. 573 - 574
DOI: 10.1126/science.195.4278.573
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Excitation of the Venus Night Airglow

G. M. LAWRENCE 1, C. A. BARTH 1, and V. ARGABRIGHT 1

1 Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309

The strongest spectral features in the Venus night airglow between 3000 and 8000 angstroms are identified as the Herzberg. II (c1Sgr-u - X3Sgr-a) bands of molecular oxygen. These bands have been produced in a laboratory afterglow by the recombination of oxygen atoms in the presence of carbon dioxide molecules. It is hypothesized that the same mechanism produces this emission in the upper atmosphere of Venus.

Submitted on August 27, 1976


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