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Planetary atmospheres
Author(s) -
Beebe Reta
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg021i002p00143
Subject(s) - orbiter , astrobiology , venus , mars exploration program , atmosphere of venus , saturn , jupiter (rocket family) , planetary science , geology , exploration of mars , planet , astronomy , environmental science , space exploration , physics
The period from 1979 to 1982 has been characterized by extensive exploration of the Solar System. Pioneer and Voyager missions to Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn combined with ongoing analysis and data collection from the Viking‐Mars mission have contributed greatly to our understanding of planetary atmospheres. The Pioneer orbiter and the Pioneer multiprobe missions that arrived at Venus in December 1978, yielded results [Donahue, 1979] which have been combined with those from Venera 11 and 12 in December 1979, and Venera 13 and 14 in March 1982, [Moroz, 1981] to provide atmospheric data of significantly higher resolution and precision that has been available previously.