Working Magellan's magic

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Aug 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993s%26t....86...16b&link_type=abstract

Sky & Telescope (ISSN 0037-6604), vol. 86, no. 2, p. 16-20.

Physics

Magellan Spacecraft (Nasa), Satellite Imagery, Space Missions, Venus Surface, Floods, Nasa Space Programs, Planetary Orbits, Scientific Visualization, Venus, Magellan Mission, Popular, Mission Description, Radar Methods, History, Surface, Features, Technical Aspects, Mapping, Science Aspects, Analysis, Chronology, Gravity Properties, Mass, Anomalies, Altitude, Orbit, Economic Aspects

Scientific paper

NASA's Magellan mission that entered into orbit around Venus on August 16, 1990 is described. The Magellan radar-imaging system successfully reveals the landscape that lay hidden beneath Venus' mantle of dense clouds. The spacecraft approaches Venus within 300 km every 3.4 h and bounces short pulses of radio energy through the atmosphere and off the surface for 37 minutes. Radar imagery, altimetry, and microwave surface emissions are recorded together. The study of the Venusian landscape is considered to be highly successful with resolution in some areas up to 100 m.

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