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Interpretation of the Illumination Measurements by the Automatic Interplanetary Station ‘Venera 8’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

E. M. Feigelson
Affiliation:
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
N. L. Lukashevich
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
M. Ya. Marov
Affiliation:
Academy of Sciences of USSR, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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Measurements of the downward light flux during the descent from an altitude of 50 km to the ground have been made. Atmospheric layers with different optical thicknesses have been discovered. The optical properties of Venus atmosphere for different cloud models have been studied.

Type
Part II Terrestrial Planets
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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