Handbook of the Physical Properties of the Planet VenusScientific and Technical Information Division, Office of Technology Utilization, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967 - Government publications - 132 pages |
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absorption aeolosphere albedo American Ephemeris ANTISOLAR POINT approximately ashen light assumed Astron Astronomical Astronomical unit atmosphere of Venus Barrett and Staelin Berkeley Berkeley Berkeley blackbody Bond albedo brightness temperature CALIFORNIA LIBRARY carbon dioxide celestial centimeters chemical circulation cloud layer cloudtop level color index dark side density detector diameter disk distance Dollfus dust Earth and Venus ecliptic energy Filar micrometer flux grams greenhouse heat indicate inferior conjunction infrared ionosphere kilometers Kuiper light Longitude magnetic field magnitude Mariner Mass of Venus mean measurements microwave microwave emissions millibars molecular Observations of Venus orbit particles percent phase angle planet planetary polarization radar radiation radiative radiometer radius Rayleigh Rayleigh scattering reflected region result retrograde Sagan ref satellite Scan scattering shown in figure space spectral spectrum Spinrad surface of Venus TABLE theory thermal tion ultraviolet UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA upper variation Vaucouleurs water vapor wavelengths