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Scientific paper
Sep 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976sci...193.1123c&link_type=abstract
Science, vol. 193, Sept. 17, 1976, p. 1123, 1124. NSF-supported research;
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Astronomical Photography, Image Contrast, Image Enhancement, Planetary Mapping, Radar Imagery, Venus (Planet), Backscattering, Light Scattering, Resolution, Venus Clouds
Scientific paper
The paper discusses a new radar image of the visible face of Venus, with particular reference to the relative backscattered power between latitudes 46 and 75 deg and covering the approximate longitude range from 290 to 10 deg, with an approximate resolution of 20 km. Two features seem to dominate this region: one is a large low-contrast area with a well-defined rim on its southern side and with two high-contrast features forming its northern and northwestern edges, and the other consists of the same two small high-contrast features on the northern edge of the basin and a large very high contrast feature straddling the zero-deg meridian and extending from 60 to 70 latitude, the last feature being previously named Maxwell. It is shown that Maxwell and the two high-contrast features are likely to indicate tectonic activity. Their probable high degree of surface roughness, well-defined boundaries, and irregular shapes make an origin based on the impact history of the planet hard to conceive.
Campbell Don B.
Dyce Rolf B.
Pettengill Gordon H.
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