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Far Ultraviolet Spectrum of Mars

✍ Scribed by Vladimir A. Krasnopolsky; Paul D. Feldman

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 197 KB
Volume: 160
Category: Article
ISSN: 0019-1035
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6949

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✦ Synopsis

A spectrum of Mars of unprecedented quality was obtained in the range of 904-1183 Å with a spectral resolution of 0.2 Å using the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer. Besides marking the first detection of molecular hydrogen on Mars (Krasnopolsky and Feldman, Science 2001 294, 1914-1917), the spectrum also revealed many emission lines of H, O, N, C, Ar, He, N + , C + , and Ar + and the bands of N 2 and CO. The spectrum makes it possible to study the emission multiplet structures and the component ratios and to separate many of the blended lines. From the argon lines, we retrieved Ar mixing ratios of 1.5 and 1.3% at 150 and 130 km, respectively, in excellent agreement with the Viking mass spectrometric measurements of 1.6% in the lower atmosphere. The He 584-Å emission observed in second order also agrees with the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer detection of He on Mars. The observed spectrum may be used as a database to study specific problems such as the dayglow excitation, radiative transfer, and composition in Mars' upper atmosphere.

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