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Neutral mass spectrometry for venus atmosphere and surface
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Mahaffy, Paul |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Description | The assignment is to make precise (better than 1 %) measurements of isotope ratios and accurate (5-10%) measurements of abundances of noble gas and to obtain vertical profiles of trace chemically active gases from above the clouds all the way down to the surface. Science measurement objectives are as follows: 1) Determine the composition of Venus atmosphere, including trace gas species and light stable isotopes; 2) Accurately measure noble-gas isotopic abundance in the atmosphere; 3) Provide descent, surface, and ascent meteorological data; 4) Measure zonal cloud-level winds over several Earth days; 5) Obtain near-IR descent images of the surface from 10-km altitude to the surface; 6) Accurately measure elemental abundances & mineralogy of a core from the surface; and 7) Evaluate the texture of surface materials to constrain weathering environment. |
| File Size | 1613309 |
| Page Count | 28 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20070014617 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9b61jc9q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2005-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Venus Planet Venus Atmosphere Atmospheric Composition Mineralogy Venus Surface Surface Properties Trace Contaminants Mass Spectroscopy Trace Elements Planetary Composition Isotope Ratios Rare Gases Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
