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Experimental results on the ionospheres of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus are reviewed, especially from space missions like Pioneer Venus, Viking-1, and -2, Pioneer-10 and -11, and Voyager-1 and -2. Our emphasis has been on Venus, since most of the observational material pertains to it. On the outer planets, where the observations are rather modest, more emphasis is given on theoretical modelling.

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