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Croconic acid - An absorber in the Venus clouds?The absorbing species responsible for the UV cloud features and pale yellow hue of the Venus clouds is presently suggested to be the carbon monoxide-polymer croconic acid, which strongly absorbs in the blue and near-UV. Laboratory absorption-coefficient measurements of a dilute solution of croconic acid in sulfuric acid are used as the bases of cloud-scattering models; the Venus planetary albedo's observed behavior in the blue and near-UV are noted to be qualitatively reproduced. Attention is given to a plausible croconic acid-production mechanism for the Venus cloudtop region.
Document ID
19890045948
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hartley, Karen K.
(California Univ. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Wolff, Andrew R.
(California, University La Jolla, United States)
Travis, Larry D.
(NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies New York, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 77
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
89A33319
Distribution Limits
Public
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