This global view of the surface of Venus is centered at 180 degrees east longitude. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics from the first cycle of Magellan mapping, and a 5 degree latitude-longitude grid, are mapped onto a computer-simulated globe to create this image. Data gaps are filled with Pioneer-Venus Orbiter data, or a constant mid-range value. The image was produced by the Solar System Visualization project and the Magellan Science team at the JPL Multimission Image Processing Laboratory.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Venus | |
System | ||
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Magellan | |
Instrument Host | Magellan | |
Host Type | Orbiter | |
Instrument | Imaging Radar | |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Grayscale, Radar | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 1996-11-26 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA/JPL | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00478 | |
Identifier | PIA00478 |