Proposed Explanation of Luminous Particles Observed in Glenn Orbital Flight
- 29 June 1962
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 136 (3522) , 1121
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.136.3522.1121
Abstract
It is proposed that the luminous particles observed by John Glenn in his orbital flight are condensed nitrogen and possibly oxygen. Irradiation by the sun would produce excited trapped radicals, which would radiate in ways consistent with the observed behavior of the particles.Keywords
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