Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988plas.rept...61h&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, p 61-62 (SEE N89-16624 08-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical Spectroscopy, Chemical Composition, Clouds, Io, Jupiter (Planet), Mars (Planet), Mercury (Planet), Moon, Planetary Atmospheres, Venus (Planet), Ammonia, Auroras, Convection, Heat Transfer, Lightning, Methane, Sodium, Water Vapor
Scientific paper
Spectroscopic observations of gases and plasmas in the Jupiter system, and related phenomena such as the recently-discovered sodium atmospheres of Mercury and the Moon were made. Cunningham's work on Jupiter spectroscopy is complete. The optical thickness of the ammonia cloud increases from about 3 in the morning to 6 at sunset. This effect seems to be due to the combination of internal heat flow and a convective region heated at the top, giving strong convection at night and none during the day. Near-simultaneous methane data are of poor quality, but are consistent with this picture. Schneider's work on the sodium environment of Io is also complete. The eclipse data extend to nearly 10 Io radii and nicely match the densities in the outer regions (to 100 Io radii) obtained from the intensity scattered in the D lines. Other data show very fast jets of sodium (up to 100 km/sec), frequently tilted out of the orbital plane. Researchers seem to be seeing neutralized ions, not from the torus itself but from atmospheric sodium ionized and then quickly neutralized. The data set on Mercurian sodium has been augmented, and supplemented by IR reflectance spectra.
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