Venus Radar Request, From Earth |
Venus Radar Request, From Earth |
Mar 7 2006, 02:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
I'm looking for earth based radar mapping of Venus.
I've had a hard time finding much. I clearly remember seeing images in books as a child. Any help would be great! |
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Mar 7 2006, 03:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
WOW!
I didn't expect the images so clear! |
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Mar 7 2006, 06:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
WOW! I didn't expect the images so clear! Compared to spacecraft flyby/orbiter standards... what terrestrial observations of Venus lack in proximity, they make up for in the size of the antennas. And those observations can be made when Venus is almost at conjunction, and thus considerably closer to the Earth than Venus or Mars ever is for a telescopic observation. Quite simply, radar observations of Venus are of considerably higher resolution than any other Earth-based observations of any planet could be. |
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