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Loss of oxygen from VenusIonization of thermal and nonthermal oxygen atoms above the plasmapause on Venus supplies an escape flux for O averaging 6 x 10 to the 6th atoms/sq cm-sec. Hydrogen and oxygen atoms escape with stoichiometry characteristic of water. It is argued that escape of H is controlled by the oxidation state of the atmosphere, regulated by escape of O.
Document ID
19820051673
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mcelroy, M. B. (Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Prather, M. J. (Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Rodriguez, J. M. (Harvard University Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 9
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
82A35208
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7176
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-79-13251
Distribution Limits
Public
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