Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988plas.rept..113s&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, p 113 (SEE N89-16624 08-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Galilean Satellites, Mercury (Planet), Polarization Characteristics, Radar, Radar Scattering, Surface Properties, Topology, Venus (Planet), Data Processing, Gravitation, Rotation, Shapes, Size Determination
Scientific paper
The ephemerides needed to acquire radar data at Arecibo from observations of various solar-system objects was developed. The resultant data to test fundamental laws of gravitation and to determine the size, shape, topography, and spin vectors of the targets were analyzed. The surface properties of these objects through their radar scattering and polarization characteristics were studied. The observing program also included Arecibo observations of Mercury, Venus, and the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. The Mercury observations at Arecibo were all within a week of the epoch of a closure point (same surface position as a previous observation), and one was matched by a near-simultaneous observation at Goldstone.
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