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Science 14 March 1986:
Vol. 231. no. 4743, pp. 1271 - 1273
DOI: 10.1126/science.231.4743.1271
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Venus: Detailed Mapping of Maxwell Montes Region

YU. N. ALEXANDROV 1, A. A. CRYMOV 1, V. A. KOTELNIKOV 1, G. M. PETROV 1, O. N. RZHIGA 1, A. I. SIDORENKO 1, V. P. SINILO 1, A. I. ZAKHAROV 1, E. L. AKIM 2, A. T. BASILEVSKI 3, S. A. KADNICHANSKI 4, and YU. S. TJUFLIN 4

1 Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow 103907.
2 Institute of Applied Mathematics, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow 125047.
3 Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow 117975.
4 Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Aerosurvey, and Cartography, Moscow 125413.

From October 1983 to July 1984, the north hemisphere of Venus, from latitude 30° to latitude 90°, was mapped by means of the radar imagers and altimeters of the spacecraft Venera 15 and Venera 16. This report presents the results of the radar mapping of the Maxwell Montes region, one of the most interesting features of Venus' surface. A radar mosaic map and contour map have been compiled.

Submitted on July 8, 1985
Accepted on November 7, 1985


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Magellan: Electrical and Physical Properties of Venus' Surface.
G. L. Tyler, G. L. TYLER, P. G. FORD, D. B. CAMPBELL, C. ELACHI, G. H. PETTENGILL, and R. A. SIMPSON (1991)
Science 252, 265-270
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