Venus Clouds: Structure and Composition
- 1 February 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 183 (4123) , 407-409
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.183.4123.407
Abstract
The clouds of Venus consist of a fine sulfuric acid aerosol similar to that found in the earth's stratosphere. The acid aerosol on Venus appears to be uniformly mixed with the gas, at least in the visible layers, and possibly down to the cloud base.Keywords
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