Outgassing history of Venus and the absence of water on Venus

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Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lpico.789..135z&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Papers Presented to the International Colloquium on Venus p 135-137 (SEE N93-14288 04-91)

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Atmospheric Composition, Outgassing, Surface Water, Venus (Planet), Venus Atmosphere, Venus Surface, Water Vapor, Analogies, Comets, Losses, Oceans, Planetary Evolution

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Similarities in the size and mean density of Earth and Venus encourage the use of Earth-analogue models for the evolution of Venus. However, the amount of water in the present Venus atmosphere is miniscule compared to Earth's oceans. The 'missing' water is thus one of the most significant problems related to the origin and evolution of Venus. Other researchers proposed that Venus accreted with less water, but this was challenged. The high D/H ratio in Venus' atmosphere is consistent with an earlier water mass more than 100 times higher than at present conditions and is often cited to support a 'wet' Venus, but this amounts to only 0.01 to 0.1 percent of the water in terrestrial oceans and the high D/H ratio on Venus could easily reflect cometary injection. Nevertheless, many authors begin with the premise that Venus once had an oceanlike water mass on its surface, and investigate the many possible mechanisms that might account for its loss. In this paper we propose that Venus degassed to lower degree than the Earth and never had an oceanlike surface water mass.

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