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金星:パイオニア軌道探査機からの予備的な地形と表面イメージング結果
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 6, 1979
まとめ
パイオニア・ベーナスレーダーマッパー (Pioneer Venus radar mapper) は,金星の表面上の3つの大きな高さのある特徴を明らかにしています. これには,巨大な高原と,潜在的衝突クレーターとともに,レーダーで明るく見える火山地帯が含まれています.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- レーダー天文学 レーダー天文学
背景:
- 以前の地球ベースのレーダー観測は,有意な金星の表面特性を暗示した.
- ピオニア・ヴェーナスミッションは,ヴェーヌスの表面をより詳細にマッピングし,分析することを目的とした.
研究 の 目的:
- 先ほど確認された金星の表面の特徴を,パイオニア・ベーナスレーダーマッパーを使って分析する.
- これらの特徴の地形,起源,組成を特徴づけるために.
主な方法:
- 高解像度画像と地形分析のために,パイオニア・ベーナスレーダーマッパーを使用した.
- レーダー散射画像をまとめ,北方赤道地域の包括的な見方を作成しました.
主要な成果:
- 確認された3つの大きな地表の特徴は,周囲の地形より5〜10km高く上昇しています.
- 巨大で地質学的に上昇した高原を特定し,火山や地質学的な起源の可能性のある,レーダーで明るく輝く山脊がある.
- 断層地帯に沿った潜在的に火山の物質として,第3のレーダーで明るい特徴を特徴付け,隕石の衝突による可能性のある円形の沈下を観測した.
結論:
- パイオニア・ベーナスレーダーマッパー号は,ベーナス地形と地質に関する前例のない詳細を提供した.
- 特定された特徴は,金星の重要な構造的および火山活動を示唆しています.
- レーダーデータのさらなる分析は,金星への衝突プロセスについてより多くのことを明らかにすることができます.
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