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On the nature of the Venus clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Gerard P. Kuiper
Gerard P. Kuiper*
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A.

Abstract

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A comparison of a wide range of Venus observations with the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared reflection spectra and thermodynamic properties of a variety of candidate materials indicates that the principal constituent of the Venus clouds is partially hydrated FeCl2.

Type
Part I: Venus
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 40: Planetary Atmospheres , 1971 , pp. 91 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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