Handbook of the Physical Properties of the Planet VenusScientific and Technical Information Division, Office of Technology Utilization, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967 - Venus (Planet) - 132 pages |
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aeolosphere albedo American Ephemeris approximately ashen light assumed Astron Astronomical Astronomical unit atmosphere of Venus Barrett and Staelin blackbody Bond albedo brightness temperature carbon dioxide celestial centimeters circulation cloud layer cloudtop level cloudtop pressure color index constant core dark side density detector diameter distance Dollfus dust Earth and Venus ellipticity energy flux function grams greenhouse heat indicate inferior conjunction infrared interior ionosphere kilometers limb darkening Longitude lower atmosphere magnetic field magnitude Mariner mean measurements microwave emissions millibars Mintz ref molecular Moroz Observations of Venus optical orbit particles percent by mass phase angle phere planet polarization protons radar radiative radiometer radius Rayleigh Rayleigh scattering reflected region result retrograde rH rH rH Sagan ref satellite Scan scattering shown in figure solar wind space spectral Staelin ref surface of Venus TABLE temperature distribution theory thermal tion ultraviolet variation Vaucouleurs water vapor wavelengths