Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985baicz..36..129b&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia, Bulletin (ISSN 0004-6248), vol. 36, May 1985, p. 129-138.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Equators, Flattening, Morphology, Planetary Gravitation, Venus Surface, Astrometry, Gravitational Constant, Hydrostatic Pressure, Mass Distribution, Pressure Distribution
Scientific paper
The dimensions of Venus were found in order to calculate the degree of flattening due to gravity. The calculations were carried out within the framework of the general flattening theory of Bursa and Sima (1969). Data on the gravitational field of Venus, obtained during observations by Mottinger and Williams (1983) were incorporated in the equations. It is shown that the figure of Venus is different from all terrestrial bodies in the solar system: the surface in the equatorial zone is located above the best-fitting triaxial Venus ellipsoid. Deflections of the vertical at the planet surface are given.
Bursa Michal
Šíma Zdislav
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