Rotation of Venus: Period Estimated from Radar Measurements

作者：Raymond M. Goldstein, Russell L. Carpenter · 发表于：Science · 年份：1963 · DOI：10.1126/science.139.3558.910 · 被引用次数：40 · 研究领域：Planetary Science and Exploration、Astro and Planetary Science、Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

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.