Nov 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984spfl...26..419h&link_type=abstract
Spaceflight (ISSN 0038-6340), vol. 26, Nov. 1984, p. 419-421.
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Planetary Atmospheres, Planetology, Cassini Mission, Jupiter Atmosphere, Mars Atmosphere, Satellite Atmospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Titan, Venus Atmosphere
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The state of the art of the data base on the atmospheres of other planets in the solar system is discussed. Venus has a relatively uniform temperature and nearly continuous winds of at least 100 m/sec. The circulation is driven by solar radiation absorbed by the global cloud cover. Upper atmospheric circulation is more complex and exhibits hot spots. Solar radiation also drives the Martian CO2 atmosphere, which displays a response time of 2 days and global dust storms. Jupiter and Saturn have hydrogen-helium atmospheres, Jupiter's ratio being close to solar value. The great red spot of Jupiter is noted to have shrunk by 1/2 from its size in the year 1900 AD. Both planets have internal heat sources which have yet to be identified. Titan has a heavy, carbon-based atmosphere that is thick enough to have prevented imaging of its depths by the Voyager spacecraft. The Galileo probe will expand the data base on the Jupiter system. Planning is under way for a Mars Geochemical and Climate Orbiter and the NASA/ESA Cassini Saturn orbit Titan probe.
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