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- From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
- Subject: Magellan Update - 01/05/93
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:44:00 GMT
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- MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
- January 5, 1993
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- The Magellan spacecraft continues to operate normally,
- orbiting Venus 50 times each week and transmitting a carrier
- radio signal which is precisely tracked by the Deep Space Network
- stations to extract gravity data.
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- By analyzing the subtle changes in the Magellan orbit,
- scientists are able to map the variations in the interior of the
- planet, and compare those variations with surface features.
- Unlike Earth, there is a strong correlation between the internal
- concentrations of mass at Venus and its surface topography.
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- Magellan arrived at Venus August 10, 1990 and has completed
- 6,478 orbits; 842 orbits have been completed so far in this
- fourth 243-day cycle which ends on May 25, 1993.
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