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Hot oxygen atoms in the upper atmospheres of Venus and Mars
Author(s) -
Nagy Andrew F.,
Cravens Thomas E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl015i005p00433
Subject(s) - venus , mars exploration program , astrobiology , atmosphere of venus , atmosphere of mars , oxygen , altitude (triangle) , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sciences , atomic oxygen , physics , environmental science , martian , meteorology , geometry , quantum mechanics , mathematics
The altitude distribution of the hot oxygen density was calculated for the upper atmospheres of Venus and Mars for solar cycle maximum and minimum conditions, respectively. The calculated values for Venus are in good agreement with the observed values and are about a factor of twenty larger than the calculated values for Mars at the exobase.