Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977prag.iafcr....g&link_type=abstract
International Astronautical Federation, International Astronautical Congress, 28th, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 197
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Airglow, Astronomical Photometry, Atmospheric Composition, Natural Satellites, Planetary Atmospheres, Atmospheric Chemistry, Light Emission, Molecular Excitation, Space Probes, Spaceborne Astronomy, Ultraviolet Radiation, Ultraviolet Spectra
Scientific paper
Possibilities for investigating the atmospheres of planets and their satellites by observing visible and UV atmospheric emissions (airglow) are discussed. Thirteen emission-excitation mechanisms are identified along with the dominant mechanisms for Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. Advantages and difficulties of ground-based observations and of observations from sounding rockets, earth-orbiting satellites, interplanetary spacecraft, and planetary orbiters are summarized. Other techniques considered include photometry from lander vehicles, measurements with instruments placed on a planet's surface, and occultation and eclipse observations. The scientific information that can be obtained by observing airglow emissions is described, and some UV and visible spectral observations of Mars and Jupiter are examined.
Gogoshev M. M.
Serafimov K. B.
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