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Oxygen airglow emission on Venus and Mars as seen by VIRTIS/VEX and OMEGA/MEX imaging spectrometers |
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| Authors: | A Migliorini F Altieri G Piccioni A Cardesín Moinelo E D’Aversa B Gondet |
| Institution: | a IASF-INAF, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy b IFSI-INAF, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy c IKI, Moscow, Russia d ESA-INSA, Madrid, Spain e LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, France f Institute d’Astrophysique Spatial, Orsay, France |
| Abstract: | Imaging spectrometers are highly effective instruments for investigation of planetary atmospheres. They present the advantage of coupling the compositional information to the spatial distribution, allowing simultaneous study of chemistry and dynamics in the atmospheres of Venus and Mars. In this work, we summarize recent results about the O2(a1Δg) night and day glows, respectively obtained by VIRTIS/Venus Express and OMEGA/Mars Express, the imaging spectrometers currently in orbit around Venus and Mars. The case of the O2(a1Δg - X3Σg−) IR emission at 1.27 μm on the night side of Venus and the day side of Mars is analyzed, pointing out dynamical aspects of these planets, like the detection of gravity waves in their atmospheres. The monitoring of seasonal and daily airglow variations provides hints about the photochemistry on these planets. |
| Keywords: | Venus Mars Comparative planetology O2 airglow |
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