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The chemical composition of the atmosphere of Venus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

A. P. Vinogradov ,
Yu. A. Surkov ,
B. M. Andreichikov ,
O. M. Kalinkina  and
I. M. Grechischeva
A. P. Vinogradov
Affiliation:
Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Yu. A. Surkov
Affiliation:
Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
B. M. Andreichikov
Affiliation:
Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
O. M. Kalinkina
Affiliation:
Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
I. M. Grechischeva
Affiliation:
Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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The chemical composition sensors on the Venera-4, -5, and -6 spacecraft are described. The mixing ratio by volume of carbon dioxide is determined to be 97 (+3, −4)%; nitrogen, less than 2%, oxygen, less than about 0.1%; and water vapor at the 25 °C temperature level, on the order of 10 mg/l, an amount large enough to imply that the clouds of Venus are composed of condensed water.

Type
Part I: Venus
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 40: Planetary Atmospheres , 1971 , pp. 3 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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