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Science 20 May 1988:
Vol. 240. no. 4855, pp. 1021 - 1023
DOI: 10.1126/science.240.4855.1021
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Evidence for Highly Reflecting Materials on the Surface and Subsurface of Vensus

R. F. Jurgens 1, M. A. Slade 1, and R. S. Saunders 1

1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109

Radar images at a 12.5-centimeter wavelength made with the Goldstone radar interferometer in 1980 and 1986, together with lunar radar images and recent Venera 15 and 16 data, indicate that material on the surface and subsurface of Venus has a Fresnel reflectivity in excess of 50 percent. Such high reflectivities have been reported on the surface in mountainous regions. Material of high reflectivity may also underlie lower reflectivity surficial materials of the plains regions, where it has been excavated by impact cratering in some areas.

Submitted on January 21, 1988
Accepted on April 11, 1988

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