NASA NTRS · 19820051673
Loss of oxygen from Venus
Abstract
Ionization of thermal and nonthermal oxygen atoms above the plasmapause on Venus supplies an escape flux for O averaging 6 x 10 to the 6th atoms/sq cm-sec. Hydrogen and oxygen atoms escape with stoichiometry characteristic of water. It is argued that escape of H is controlled by the oxidation state of the atmosphere, regulated by escape of O.
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Mcelroy, M. B., Prather, M. J., Rodriguez, J. M.. 1982-06-01. Loss of oxygen from Venus. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19820051673
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