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Title:
Rotation of Venus: Period Estimated from Radar Measurements
Authors:
Goldstein, R. M.; Carpenter, R. L.
Publication:
Science, Volume 139, Issue 3558, pp. 910-911 (Sci Homepage)
Publication Date:
03/1963
Origin:
JSTOR
DOI:
10.1126/science.139.3558.910
Bibliographic Code:
1963Sci...139..910G

Abstract

Venus may rotate in a direction opposite to that of the earth at a rate of only one revolution in 240 days. The estimated period is accurate within 20 percent if the axis of rotation of Venus is perpendicular to the plane of the planet's orbit.
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