Rotation period of Venus estimated from Venus Express VIRTIS images and Magellan altimetry

Icarus

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 474-483

  Mueller, N T ^a,b   Helbert, J ^b   Erard, S ^c   Piccioni, G ^d   Drossart, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Rotational dynamics; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855340829     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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