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The reason why neither of the two techniques mentioned below helped astronomers on Earth in detecting the hydrogen present in Jupiter's atmosphere. First technique: detection of the presence of hydrogen in stars by searching for the characteristic absorption lines of hydrogen in the star's visible spectrum. Second technique: detection of hydrogen in glowing gas clouds by searching for hydrogen's characteristic emission lines.

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