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8A50.20 - Venus
Code Number: 8A50.20
Demo Title: Venus
Condition: Good
Principle: Planets of the Solar System
Area of Study: Solar System
Equipment:
Venus Globes.
Procedure:
The 16 inch globe us based on data from the Pioneer-Venus Orbiter Spacecraft and the Venera Spacecraft.
The 12 in globe is based on radar imaging data from the Magellan spacecraft mission and is topographical.
The orange-yellow globe is the new Astronomy magazine Venus globe and is comprised of Magellan Venus Radar Mapper spacecraft image data. It also shows 10 landing sites.
References:
- Gordon McIntosh, "Wind in the Solar System", TPT, Vol. 48, # 2, Feb. 2010, p. 94.
- Juan Lin, "A Demonstration of Kepler's Third Law", TPT, Vol. 31, # 2, Feb. 1993, p. 122.
- John L. Roeder, "Astrodances", TPT, Vol. 30, # 6, Sept. 1992, p. 384.
- U. Backhaus, "The Transit of Venus: June 5/6, 2012", AJP, Vol. 80, #5, May 2012, p. 361.
- David Stolzmann, "A Quick Study", Physics Today, July 2013, p. 10.
- Willliam Sheehan, Jay Pasachoff, "Atmosphere of Venus: Problems in Perception", Physics Today, July 2013, p. 9.
- Vladimir Shitsev, Igor Nesterenko, Randall Rosenfeld, "Replicating the Discovery of Venus's Atmosphere", Physics Today, Feb. 2013, p. 64.
- SKB, "Physics Today: A Day on Venus Just got Longer", Physics Today, April 2012, p. 22.
- R. Mark Wilson, "Circuitry made robust enough for Venus", Physics Today, March 2017, p. 19-21.
- Paula Martin and Ellen Stofan, "Venus", Physics Education, Vol. 39, # 3, 2004, p. 267.
- Janice VanCleave, "Planet Facts and Figures", A+ Projects in Astronomy, pp. 193.
- Stephen L. Gillett, "Inward Ho!", Analog Science Fiction/ Science Fact, p. 62.
- Venus = Isaac Asimov, "A Change of Air", Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine.
- "Exploring Venus", Sky & Telescope Magazine, August 1993.