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On the Microwave Spectrum of Methane in the Atmospheres of the Outer Planets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Kenneth Fox
Kenneth Fox*
Affiliation:
Earth Resources and Astrophysics Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn., U.S.A.

Abstract

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The existence of a small dipole moment in the vibronic ground state of methane leads to transitions in the microwave spectral range. Frequencies and line strengths appropriate to the atmospheres of the outer planets are presented.

Type
Part III Outer Planets and Their Satellites
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 65: Exploration of the Planetary System , 1974 , pp. 359 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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