Submillimeter and millimeter observations of solar system objects

Details Submillimeter and millimeter observations of solar system objects Submillimeter and millimeter observations of solar system objects

Aug 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988plas.rept...97m&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, p 97-98 (SEE N89-16624 08-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Models, Galilean Satellites, Planetary Atmospheres, Mars (Planet), Saturn Rings, Submillimeter Waves, Telescopes, Venus (Planet)

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Planetary atmospheres and satellite surfaces are observed with the three element array at Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Caltech's submillimeter telescope on Mauna Kea and at the 12-meter telescope at Kitt Peak. Researchers are primarily interested in spectroscopy of the atmospheres of Venus, Mars and Titan and the continuum structure of Saturn Rings, Galilean satellites, Neptune and Uranus. During the last year researchers completed a supersynthesis of the Saturn system at 2.8 mm with spatial resolution of 3 arc sec. They just completed a 4-confuguration synthesis of Venus in the CO absorption line. They hope to recover the wind patterns in the altitude range from 60 to 100 km where winds have never been measured. Two important questions are being investigated: (1) how high in the Venus atmosphere do 4-day winds extend, and (2) can we produce experiment proof (or disproof) of the subsolar-to-anti-solar flow (Dickenson winds) predicted by general circulation models.

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