Abstract Description is given of the first results of radar study of Venus surface by Venera 15 and 16 spacecraft. Unique images of the Venus surface were obtained on which mountain ridges, craters, plateau, folds and breaks of the Venus crust are seen. Indications of tectonic activity of Venus were discovered. Areas with anomalous character of radio waves reflection were found.
Radar study of Venus surface by Venera-15 and -16 spacecraft
Advances in Space Research ; 5 , 8 ; 5-16
1985-01-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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