Magellan

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4661.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4661. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Space Missions, Solar System Missions

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Highly successful NASA Venus orbiter, launched from Space Shuttle Atlantis in May 1989. Arrived at Venus in August 1990. Used synthetic aperture radar to map 98% of the surface of Venus at 120-300 m resolution and provided global altimetry data. Revealed more than 1000 impact craters and 1100 volcanic features. Also discovered sinuous valleys, and unique geological structures known as coronae and...

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