Abstract
The 1978 flight of the American Pioneer Venus Orbiter revealed the gross features of Venusian topography by using a small on-board radar. However, the Pioneer instrument was limited to a resolution of only 20 km (12.4 mi). This was sufficient to understand the overall Venusian topography and to establish the mean level of the surface, but the geology and tectonics of the surface remained elusive.
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Reeves, R. (1994). Balloons, Comets, and Radar Magic. In: The Superpower Space Race. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5986-7_9
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