Venus: Estimates of the Surface Temperature and Pressure from Radio and Radar Measurements
- 4 October 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 162 (3849) , 114-116
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3849.114
Abstract
The radio brightness temperature and radar cross section spectra of Venus are in much better accord with surface boundary conditions deduced from a combination of the Mariner V results and the radar radius than those obtained by the Venera 4 space probe. The average surface temperature and pressure are approximately 750°K and 90 atmospheres.Keywords
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