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Claimed Detection of PH3 in the Clouds of Venus Is Consistent with Mesospheric SO2

Andrew P. Lincowski, Victoria S. Meadows, David Crisp et al., 2021. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 908(2), L44.

Radiative-transfer modelling shows the 266.94 GHz line would form above 80 km, not in the clouds, where phosphine would be destroyed quickly; typical mesospheric sulphur dioxide fits the JCMT feature, and its reference line at 267.54 GHz would have been diluted below detection in the ALMA data.

MYS0CQY1PJR4XT7 · mystery · click to copyMPhosphine in the clouds of VenusArticledoi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abde47Checked against the original0

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The sulphur dioxide reading of the line.

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Lincowski, A. P., Meadows, V. S., Crisp, D., Akins, A. B., & et al. (2021). Claimed Detection of PH3 in the Clouds of Venus Is Consistent with Mesospheric SO2. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 908(2), L44. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abde47
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