Title: EXPLORATION OF THE GIANT PLANETS BY INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
Abstract: Vibrational and rotational transitions of many molecules, including those of potential biological significance, occur in the infrared. Therefore, infrared spectroscopy promises to be a very powerful tool for the exploration of the giant planets and their satellites by space probes. Chemical composition and physical conditions of planetary atmospheres and surfaces have been derived from similar spectroscopic investigations of Earth from Nimbus 3 and 4 and of Mars from Mariner 9. Results from these missions are used to demonstrate techniques for recovering composition and physical parameters from infrared spectra.
Publication Year: 1976
Publication Date: 1976-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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