Rotation of Venus: Continuing Contradictions
- 6 October 1967
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 158 (3797), 114-116
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.158.3797.114
Abstract
Optical observations of Venus have yielded various values of the rotation period extending from less than one to several hundred days. Radar observations give a retrograde rotation of the solid globe in 244 +/- 2 days. Recent ultraviolet photographs, however, show relatively rapid displacements of clouds in the high atmosphere of Venus which suggest a retrogrode rotation in only 5 days. The two rates seem to be physically incompatible.Keywords
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