Detection of atomic deuterium in the upper atmosphere of Mars

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5369, 1998, Pages 1576-1580

  Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A ^a,b   Mumma, Michael J ^b   Gladstone, G Randall ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; WATER;

DEUTERIUM; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HUBBLE TELESCOPE PROJECT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED;

ATMOSPHERE; DEUTERIUM; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; ICE; MARS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0032486324     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5369.1576     Document Type: Article

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59. V.A.K. thanks T. Reyes for consulting in data processing. This work was supported by the HST Guest Observer Program.