Experiencing Venus: Clues to the Origin, Evolution, and Chemistry of Terrestrial Planets via In-Situ Exploration of Our Sister World

Exploring Venus as a Terrestrial Planet

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 171-189

  Baines, Kevin H ^a   Atreya, Sushil K ^b   Carlson, Robert W ^a   Crisp, David ^a   Grinspoon, David ^c   Russell, Christopher T ^d   Schubert, Gerald ^d   Zahnle, Kevin ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Venus (Planet) Exploration; Venus (Planet) Surface

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS;

APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; THERMO CHEMICAL PROCESS; VENUS EXPRESS;

PLANETS;

EID: 84951794906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/176GM11     Document Type: Chapter

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