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Title
Venus – Preliminary topographic and surface imaging results from the Pioneer Orbiter
Publication
Science
July 1979. 1979Sci...205...90P.
Publication Type
Article
Authors
Pettengill, G.H. and Ford, P.G. and Brown, W.E. and Kaula, W.M. and Masursky, H. and Eliason, E. and McGill, G.E.
Subjects
ALTIMETERS
,
GROUND TRUTH
,
IMAGE RESOLUTION
,
PIONEER VENUS SPACECRAFT
,
PLATEAUS
,
RADAR IMAGERY
,
RADAR MAPS
,
SATELLITE-BORNE RADAR
,
TOPOGRAPHY
,
VENUS SURFACE
Date
1979