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The Temperatures of the Planets

The development of ultrasensitive receivers has made it possible to use the weak radio waves emitted by a planet as an index to the temperature at its surface and at various levels in its atmosphere

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 204 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “The Temperatures of the Planets” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 204 No. 5 (), p. 58
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0561-58