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Venus: reflectividad del radar de superficie global
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 13, 1982
Resumen
La cartografía de radar de Pioneer Venus revela la presencia de Venus en las imágenes.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias planetarias Ciencias planetarias.
- La geofísica es la geofísica.
- Radar Astronomía y Astronomía por el Radar
Sus antecedentes:
- Venus posee una atmósfera densa y corrosiva compuesta principalmente de dióxido de carbono.
- Las características de la superficie de Venus están en gran parte oscurecidas por gruesas capas de nubes, lo que requiere técnicas de teledetección.
- Observaciones anteriores han sugerido diversas características geológicas en Venus, incluyendo llanuras volcánicas y tierras altas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la reflectividad de la superficie de Venus utilizando mapas de radar.
- Para caracterizar las propiedades dieléctricas de los materiales de la superficie de Venus.
- Para identificar composiciones geológicas potenciales basadas en la reflectividad del radar.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizó el mapeador de radar Pioneer Venus.
- Realizó observaciones a una longitud de onda de 17 centímetros.
- Analizaron datos de reflectividad de radar a través de la superficie venusiana.
Principales resultados:
- Se determinó una reflectividad media global de 0,13 +/- 0,03 en incidencia normal.
- Se observaron variaciones significativas en la reflectividad a través de la superficie, que van desde 0.03 +/- 0.01 a 0.4 +/- 0.1.1.
- Identificó Theia Mons, una región potencialmente volcánica, que exhibe una reflectividad de 0.28 +/- 0.07.
Conclusiones:
- Las regiones de alta reflectividad pueden indicar la presencia de rocas con importantes inclusiones de sulfuros altamente conductores.
- La reflectividad del radar proporciona información sobre la composición y las propiedades físicas de la superficie de Venus.
- Se necesitan más investigaciones para comprender completamente las implicaciones geológicas de las variaciones de reflectividad observadas.
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