The Face of Venus: The Magellan Radar Mapping Mission (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478350637)

In the succession of distinguished visitors from Earth to Venus, the Magellan spacecraft has been the most recent. The visitors through the years have consisted of an armada of spacecraft - flybys, orbiters, and landers. Each managed to pierce a small hole in the veil of mystery that has surrounded Venus since the discovery of the telescope. This manuscript offers but a peek at the treasures to be found in the Magellan dataset - and a glimpse into the volumes that have been and will continue to be written regarding the geology of Venus. As the reader looks throughout this book, he will be led one-by-one through the treasures Magellan has gathered - in a manner neither stilted nor oversimplified - and the reader will gain an appreciation of Venus that spans several disciplines and several realms.

Author: Stephen D. Wall, Ladislav E. Roth
ISBN-10: 1478350636
ISBN-13: 9781478350637
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2012
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.32d