Regional Planetary Image Facility

VENUS


 


Venus Images

Jupiter Spacecraft Encounters:
Venera 15 and 16 (1983)
Galileo
(1989 - present)
Magellan
(1990-1994)

Venus Facts:  
Mean distance from the Sun (AU) 0.723
Sidereal period of orbit (years) 0.62
Equatorial radius (km) 6,052
Polar radius (km) 6,052
Body rotation period (hours) (Retrograde) 5823
Tilt of equator to orbit (degrees) 2.12
Number of observed satellites 0

More imagery and information:

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Photographs and Imagery

VENERA  

  • Radar Mosaics (27)
    11x14 prints
    8x10 prints
    8x10 negs

MAGELLAN

Mosaics

  • Full Mosaic Image Data Record (F-MIDRS)
    10x10 inch prints (748)
  • Compressed Once Mosaic Image Data Records (C1-MIDRS)
    10x10 inch prints (386)
  • Compressed Twice Mosaic Image Data Records (C-2 MIDRS)
    10x10 inch prints (94)
  • Compressed Thrice Mosaic Image Data Records (C-3 MIDRS)
    10x10 inch prints (19)
  • Press Release photography
    8x10 inch prints (508)

GALILEO

  • Press Release Photos (8)
    8x10 prints
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  • Altimetric & Shaded Relief maps
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  • Topographic & Shaded Relief maps
    1:50,000,000
    1:15,000,000
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    1:5,000,000
  • Radar Mosaics

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Updated: 02/24/2000