Planet-wide, Concentric Density Waves in Venus's Upper Atmosphere Revealed through Polarimetry?

Gourav Mahapatra, Michiel Rodenhuis, Frans Snik +3

We report observations of faint ($10^{-6}$), concentric, planet-wide rings in the polarized flux of sunlight that is reflected by Venus, obtained during a serendipitous, 36-minute…