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Origin and Dynamical Behaviour of Thermal Protons in the Venusian Ionosphere

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An important source of thermal H+ and/or D+ has been overlooked in the ionosphere of Venus which supports the choice of H+ and/or D+ as the dominant light ion at high altitudes.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics and Information Science, and Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92037

    P. M. BANKS

  2. Department of Physics, Department of Applied Physics and Information Science, and Institute of Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92037

    W. I. AXFORD

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BANKS, P., AXFORD, W. Origin and Dynamical Behaviour of Thermal Protons in the Venusian Ionosphere. Nature 225, 924–926 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225924a0

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