Abstract
The ratio of the flux density of Titan was measured in two 200-megahertz bands, one centered on the (1-0) rotation line of carbon monoxide at 115.3 gigahertz and the other 2600 megahertz lower. The measurements were made with a complex-correlation technique on the new millimeter-wavelength interferometer at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Big Pine, California. The excess flux in the carbon monoxide band is interpreted as a strong detection of carbon monoxide and a mixing ratio, assumed constant, of 6 × 10 -5 . The brightness temperature of Titan at 112.6 gigahertz is 69 ± 10 kelvins, consistent with atmospheric emission from just below the tropopause.
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Created | 18 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 3:41 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2024, 5:12 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 25, 2024, 6:01 a.m.) |
Issued | 41 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 27, 1984) |
Published | 41 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 27, 1984) |
Published Print | 41 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 27, 1984) |
@article{Muhleman_1984, title={Microwave Measurements of Carbon Monoxide on Titan}, volume={223}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.223.4634.393}, DOI={10.1126/science.223.4634.393}, number={4634}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Muhleman, D. O. and Berge, G. L. and Clancy, R. T.}, year={1984}, month=jan, pages={393–396} }