Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984a%26a...140..405l&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 140, no. 2, Nov. 1984, p. 405-413.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Atmospheric Composition, Far Infrared Radiation, Infrared Spectra, Jupiter Atmosphere, Molecular Spectroscopy, Saturn Atmosphere, Abundance, Ammonia, Atmospheric Models, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrocyanic Acid, Vertical Distribution
Scientific paper
The feasibility of a high-resolution spectroscopic technique for observation of molecular processes in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn is evaluated. The technique is based on calculations of the observability of the synthetic spectra of Jupiter and Saturn in the far infrared range between 10 and 90 per cm. The calculations show that NH3, PH3, and HCn should be easily observable on both planets; that their vertical profiles could be easily derived; and that CO and (N-15)H3 features on Saturn are probably too weak to be observable even from Jupiter. Observations of the far-infrared spectra of Jupiter and Saturn should be possible from either a spacecraft or from an aircraft as long as a good S/N ratio is maintained.
Combes Michel
Encrenaz Th.
Lellouch Emmanuel
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