Venus: A Map of Its Brightness Temperature
- 26 April 1963
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 140 (3565), 391-392
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.140.3565.391
Abstract
The 200-inch Hale telescope has been used to make high-resolution maps of the brightness temperature of Venus at wavelengths 8 to 14 microns. Resolution of about 1/30 of the disk reveals a general symmetry about the plane of the orbit, no daynight temperature effects, and a transient temperature anomaly in the southern hemisphere.Keywords
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