Venus

Donald M. Hunten, Lawrence Colin, Thomas M. Donahue, Vasilii Ivanovich Moroz

• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780816507887
• eBook ISBN:
  9780816546589
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Index: Biological Sciences

No serious astronomical library can be complete without it.—Journal of the British Astronomical Association

"The book contains the results of the exploration of Venus by spacecraft during the period 1962-1978. . . . The book represents an excellent review of the principal results of Venus in the period covered."—Bulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia

"A wealth of new information."—Science

"Strongly recommended."—Science Books & Films

Table of contents

• Contents
• Collaborating Authors
• Preface
• 1. The Development of Studies of Venus / D. P. Cruikshank
• 2. Basic Facts about Venus / L. Colin
• 3. Stellar Magnitude and Albedo Data of Venus / V. I. Moroz
• 4. Radio Astronomical Studies of Venus / A. D. Kuz'min
• 5. Summary of Preliminary Results of the Venera 13 and Venera 14 Missions / V. I. Moroz
• 6. Topography, Surface Properties, and Tectonic Evolution / G. E. McGill, J. L. Warner, M. C. Malin, R. E. Arvidson, E. Eliason, S. Nozette, and R. D. Reasenberg
• 7. Some Optical Properties of the Venus Surface / Yu. M. Golovin, B. Ye. Moshkin, and A. P. Ekonomov
• 8. Panorma of Venera 9 and 10 Landing Sites / K. P. Florenskiy, A. T. Bazilevskiy, G. A. Burba, O. V. Nikolayeva, A. A. Pronin, A. S. Selivanov, M. K. Narayeva, A. S. Panfilov, and V. P. Chemodanov
• 9. Studies of Venus Rocks by Veneras 8, 9, and 10 / Yu. A. Surkov
• 10. The Interior of Venus and Tectonic Implications / R. J. Phillips and M. C. Malin
• 11. Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere of Venus / A. Seiff
• 12. Structure and Parameters of the Venus Atmosphere according to Venera Probe Data / V. S. Avduevskiy, M. Ya. Marov, Yu. N. Kulikov, V. P. Shari, A. Ya. Gorabachevskiy, G. R. Uspenskiy, and Z. P. Cheremukhina
• 13. Compositions of the Venus Atmosphere / U. von Zahn, S. Kumar, H. Niemann, and R. Prinn
• 14. Photochemistry of the Venus Atmosphere / V. A. Krasnopol' sky and V. A. Parshev
• 15. Venus Spectroscopy in the 3000 - 8000 A Region by Veneras 9 and 10 / V. A. Krasnopol' sky
• 16. The Clouds and Hazes of Venus / L. W. Esposito, R. G. Knollenberg, M. Ya. Marov, O. B. Toon, and R. P. Turco
• 17. The Electrical Activity of the Atmosphere of Venus / L. V. Ksanfomality, F. L. Scarf, and W. W. L. Taylor
• 18. The Thermal Balance of the Lower Atmosphere of Venus / M. G. Tomasko
• 19. Solar Scattered Radiation Measurements by Venus Probes / A. P. Ekonomov, Yu. M. Golovin, V. I. Moroz, and B. Ye. Moshkin
• 20. The Thermal Balance of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere of Venus / F. W. Taylor, D. M. Hunten, and L. V. Ksanfomality
• 21. General Circulation and the Dynamical State of the Venus Atmosphere / G. Schubert
• 22. The Atmosphere Dynamics of Venus according to Doppler Measurements by the Venera Entry Probes / V. V. Kerzhanovich and M. Ya. Marov
• 23. The Ionosphere of Venus: Observations and their Interpretations / L. H. Brace, H. A. Taylor, Jr., T. I. Gombosi, A. J. Kliore, W. C. Knudsen, and A. F. Nagy
• 24. Basic Theory and Model Calucations of the Venus Ionosphere / A. F. Nagy, T. E. Cravens, and T. I. Gombosi
• 25. The Interactions of the Solar Wind with Venus / C. T. Russell and O. Vaisberg
• 26. Physics of the Interaction of the Solar Wind with the Ionosphere of Venus: Flow/Field Models / P. A. Cloutier, T. F. Tascione, R. E. Daniell, Jr., H. A. Taylor, Jr., and R. S. Wolff
• 27. The Bow Shock and the Magnetosphere of Venus according to Measurements from Venera 9 and 10 Orbiters / K. I. Gringauz
• 28. Laboratory Simulation of the Interaction between the Solar Wind and Venus / I. M. Podgorny
• 29. Origin and Evolution of the Atmosphere of Venus / T. M. Donahue and J. B. Pollack
• 30. The Problem of Rare Gases in the Venus Atmosphere / L. M. Mukhin
• Appendix A: Models of Venus's Atmospheric Structure / A. Seiff
• Appendix B: Data Table Index
• Appendix C: NASA Technical Memorandum Numbers
• Color Section
• References
• Glossary
• List of Contributors with Acknowledgments to Funding Agencies
• Index