Argon Content of the Martian Atmosphere at the Viking 1 Landing Site: Analysis by X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
- 27 August 1976
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 193 (4255) , 804-805
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.193.4255.804
Abstract
The argon content of the martian atmosphere at the Viking 1 landing site is ≤ 0.15 millibar or ≤ 2 percent by volume (95 percent confidence level).Keywords
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