Radar mapping of Venus in future years
The quest for more data
Current plans call for a radar interferometry experiment involving the
Arecibo Observatory and the Greenbank 140 foot radio telescope to gain
altimitry data for the northern hemisphere. In this mode of operation
Arecibo would transmit the S-band radar pulse and both Arecibo and
Greenbank would receive this pulse. Current calculations are
availiable:
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