Exploration of the Planetary System

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Planetary Formation....Pages 3-12
Status of Molecular Opacities of Interest in the Modeling of a Proto-Solar Nebula....Pages 13-20
On the Growth Mechanism of Grains in a Primordial Stage of the Solar Nebula....Pages 21-35
The Escape of Planetary Atmospheres....Pages 37-39
Modern Research in High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy and Its Importance to Planetary Physics....Pages 41-56
Optical Properties of Particles in Planetary Atmospheres: Laboratory Studies....Pages 57-65
First Results of the Soviet-Polish Space Experiment ‘Intercosmos-Kopernik 500’....Pages 67-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Infrared Spectra of Venus....Pages 77-160
Radio Interferometry of Venus at Short Wavelengths....Pages 161-169
Profondeur de Penetration et Formation des Raies Dans une Atmosphere Diffusante....Pages 171-178
Etude Theorique de la Repartition de Luminance Sur le Disque de Venus....Pages 179-184
Numerical Modelling of the Reflection Spectrum of Venus in the Visual and Near Infrared Ranges....Pages 185-189
Interpretation of the Illumination Measurements by the Automatic Interplanetary Station ‘Venera 8’....Pages 191-196
Nature of the Venus Clouds as Derived from Their Polarization....Pages 197-200
Water Vapor in Venus Determined by Airborne Observations of the 8200 Å Band....Pages 201-201
Ground-Based Observations of Mars and Venus Water Vapor during 1972 and 1973....Pages 203-222
Observations of O 2 , H 2 O and HD in Planetary Atmospheres....Pages 223-228
The Spectrum of Mars in the Region 1800–3200 cm −1 ....Pages 229-239
Results of Current Mars Studies at the IAU Planetary Research Center....Pages 241-251
UBV Photometry of Mars....Pages 253-285
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Photometric Data from Some Photographs of Mars Obtained with the Automatic Interplanetary Station ‘Mars 3’....Pages 287-292
Results from the Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment on Mariner 9....Pages 293-294
Radio Occultation Exploration of Mars....Pages 295-316
Mars: Local Structure of Dust Storms....Pages 317-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
The Hydrogen to Helium Mixing Ratio in the Giant Planets....Pages 321-327
On the Equation of State of Hydrogen and Its Use in Models of Major Planets....Pages 329-335
The Influence of the Surface Boundary Layer on Evolutionary Models of Jupiter....Pages 337-344
Observations of Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Jovian H 2 Quadrupole Lines....Pages 345-349
TD1A Satellite Spectroscopic Observations of Jupiter in the Ultraviolet....Pages 351-355
New Infrared Spectra of the Jovian Planets: Study of Jupiter and Saturn in the 3 v 3 Methane Band by Fourier Transform Spectroscopy....Pages 357-358
On the Microwave Spectrum of Methane in the Atmospheres of the Outer Planets....Pages 359-365
Jupiter’s Microwave Spectrum: Implications for the Upper Atmosphere....Pages 367-374
Jupiter’s Radiation Belts and Upper Atmosphere....Pages 375-383
Analysis of Spectroscopic Observations of Jupiter and the Variability of the Structure of the Visible Clouds....Pages 385-387
Motions in Jupiter’s Atmosphere....Pages 389-390
Results of the Beta Scorpii Occultation by Jupiter on May 13, 1971....Pages 391-399
Atmospheric Properties of Jupiter Determined from Galilean Satellite Eclipse Light Curves....Pages 401-405
Millisecond Polarized Pulses in Decametre-Wave Radiation from Jupiter and Sun....Pages 407-413
The Atmosphere of Saturn....Pages 415-440
Models of Saturn’s Rings which Satisfy the Optical Observations....Pages 441-464
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
A Study of the Outermost Ring of Saturn....Pages 465-470
Theoretical Studies of an Atmosphere Around Saturn’s Rings....Pages 471-481
The Saturnian ‘Gas-Doughnut’ Hypothesis....Pages 483-485
Observational Constraints on Model Atmospheres for Uranus and Neptune....Pages 487-496
Neptune: Observations of the H 2 Quadrupole Lines in the (4–0) Band....Pages 497-511
La Rotation, La Cartographie et La Photometrie des Satellites de Jupiter....Pages 513-525
Optical Line Emission from Io....Pages 527-531
Relation Between Light Variations of Solar System Satellites and Their Interaction with Interplanetary Medium....Pages 533-538
Front Matter....Pages 539-539
Spectroscopic Observation of Venus....Pages 541-545
Photopolarimetry of Planets....Pages 547-547
Rationale for NASA Planetary Exploration Program....Pages 549-561
Concluding Remarks....Pages 563-564
Chairman’s Closing Remarks....Pages 565-565
Back Matter....Pages 566-566