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The Case for the Radar Radius of Venus

Michael E. Ash, D. B. Campbell, R. B. Dyce, R. P. Ingalls, R. F. Jurgens, G. H. Pettengill, I. I. Shapiro, M. A. Slade, T. W. Thompson

Science · 1968 · 37 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

The Venus radius of 6085 +/- 10 kilometers, deduced from combining observations made with the Venera 4 and Mariner V space probes is incompatible with the value of 6050 +/- kilometers determined from Earth-based radar mesurements.

References

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Atmosphere and Ionosphere of Venus from the Mariner V S-Band Radio Occultation Measurement

A. J. Kliore, G. S. Levy, D. L. Cain et al. · Science · 1967 · 163 citations

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Astronomical constants and planetary ephemerides deduced from radar and optical observations

Michael E. Ash, I. I. Shapiro, William B. Smith · The Astronomical Journal · 1967 · 155 citations · Full text

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Laboratory measurement of microwave absorption in models of the atmosphere of Venus

W. W. Ho, I. A. Kaufman, P. Thaddeus · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1966 · 102 citations

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Mariner V Flight Past Venus

Conway W. Snyder · Science · 1967 · 29 citations

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Radar observations of Venus at 3.6 centimeters

David Karp, W. Morrow, William B. Smith · Icarus · 1964 · 21 citations

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