Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985pggp.rept..108r&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington D.C. Repts. of Planetary Geol. and Geophys. Program, 1984 p 108-110 (SEE N85-23474 13-91)
Physics
Doppler Radar, Kalman Filters, Mapping, Venus (Planet), Venus Surface, Mass Distribution, Orbital Position Estimation, Pioneer Venus 1 Spacecraft, Radar Geology, Radar Imagery, Topography
Scientific paper
The subsurface distribution of Venus was investigated through the analysis of the data from Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO). In particular, the Doppler tracking data were used to map the gravitational potential. These were compared to the topographic data from the PVO radar (ORAD). In order to obtain an unbiased comparison, the topography data obtained from the PVO-ORAD were filtered to introduce distortions which are the same as those of the gravity models. Both the gravity and filtered topography maps are derived by two stage processes with a common second stage. In the first stage, the topography was used to calculate a corresponding spacecraft acceleration under the assumptions that the topography has a uniform given density and no compensation. In the second stage, the acceleration measures found in the first stage were passed through a linear inverter to yield maps of gravity and topography. Because these maps are the result of the same inversion process, they contain the same distortion; a comparison between them is unbiased to first order.
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