Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975sci...189..722k&link_type=abstract
Science, vol. 189, Aug. 29, 1975, p. 722, 723.
Computer Science
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Chromosphere, Cloud Cover, Infrared Spectra, Jupiter Atmosphere, Sulfur, Amino Acids, Near Infrared Radiation, Organic Compounds, Photolysis, Planetary Radiation, Polymers, Ultraviolet Spectra
Scientific paper
Near-ultraviolet light is known to be an effective agent for the photoproduction of a variety of organic molecules from simulated primitive Earth and contemporary Jovian environments. The study discusses the infrared spectrum of a brown polymeric material produced under simulated Jovian conditions and its comparison with recent high-altitude infrared spectra of Jupiter. It is shown that this polymeric material is composed mainly of cyclic octatomic sulfur, even though a range of complex organic compounds is also present. The polymeric sulfur, produced from the ultraviolet photolysis of hydrogen sulfide, displays its strongest band at 465 reciprocal centimeters. This is in fair agreement with the frequency of the unidentified Jovian absorber recently reported by Houck et al. (1975). Polymeric octatomic sulfur may thus be an important constituent of Jovian clouds.
Khare Bishun N.
Sagan Carl
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