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nightglow

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nightglow [′nīt‚glō]
(geophysics)
A subdivision of airglow in which energy comes from reactions of atomic oxygen between 42 and 60 miles (70 and 100 kilometers), and from ionic recombination around 180 miles (300 kilometers).


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Bida (currently at Lowell Observatory) to pursue the investigation of the visible nightglow on the dark side of Venus.
 
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