Venus gravity: New Magellan low altitude data

Sjogren, W. L.; KONOPLIV. A. S.; Borderies, N.; Batchelder, M.; Heirath, J.; Wimberly, R. N.

Acquisition of a new high quality gravity data set has begun. The data set presently covers one third of the Venusian longitude. Better spatial resolution is obtained from a 60th degree and order spherical harmonic solution. Plans for aerobraking in May 1993 into a near circular orbit will provide excellent data for higher latitude regions.

Document ID

19940016299

Document Type

Conference Paper

Authors

Sjogren, W. L. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)

KONOPLIV. A. S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)

Borderies, N. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)

Batchelder, M. (Telos Aerospace Systems CA., United States)

Heirath, J. (Sterling Software, Inc. Palo Alto, CA., United States)

Wimberly, R. N. (Sterling Software, Inc. Palo Alto, CA., United States)

Date Acquired

September 6, 2013

Publication Date

January 1, 1993

Publication Information

Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 3: N-Z

Subject Category

Distribution Limits

Public

Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

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