Ash ME, Campbell DB, Dyce RB, Ingalls RP, Jurgens R, Pettengill GH, Shapiro II, Slade MA, Thompson TW. The Case for the Radar Radius of Venus.
Science 1968;
160:985-7. [PMID:
17768889 DOI:
10.1126/science.160.3831.985]
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Abstract
The Venus radius of 6085 +/- 10 kilometers, deduced from combining observations made with the Venera 4 and Mariner V space probes is incompatible with the value of 6050 +/- kilometers determined from Earth-based radar mesurements.
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