MARINER 1969 - PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF INFRARED RADIOMETER EXPERIMENT

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作者
NEUGEBAUER, G
MUNCH, G
CHASE, SC
HATZENBELER, H
MINER, E
SCHOFIELD, D
机构
[1] Santa Barbara Research Center, Goleta
[2] Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
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10.1126/science.166.3901.98
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The thermal energy emitted by Mars was measured in the 8- to 12- and 18- to 25-micrometer bands. The minimum temperature derived for the southern polar cap is 150°K, an indication that the cap is formed by frozen carbon dioxide. No significant temperature fluctuations were detected with a 100-kilometer scale.
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