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ART0CQY29CA2X42·Artifact · recording

Pioneer Venus Large Probe Neutral Mass Spectrometer data

RecordingPublic domainRecorded during descent, 9 December 1978
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Mass spectra from the probe's descent through the clouds, in which Mogul and colleagues assign part of a signal at mass 34 near 51 km to phosphine.

NASA, 1978. Public domain

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DatasetNASA · nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov · 1978-12-09 · public-domain1 step from the original
DocumentMogul, Limaye, Way and Cordova · doi.org · 2021 · publisher2 steps from the original

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Pioneer Venus Large Probe Neutral Mass Spectrometer data [Artifact ART0CQY29CA2X42]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQY29CA2X42
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