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Radar Exploration of Planets and Comets: Discoveries and Observations

Dive into the fascinating world of radar exploration of planets and comets, from Mercury's polar ice features to Mars' lava flows and comet radar detections. This comprehensive text covers radar maps, polarized features, and upcoming short-period comets with detailed insights.

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Radar Exploration of Planets and Comets: Discoveries and Observations

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  1. Planets and Comets with Radar John Harmon

  2. Mercury North polar ice Mariner unimaged hemisphere South polar ice

  3. Kuiper

  4. Kuiper - depolarized

  5. Kuiper - polarized

  6. “A”

  7. Feature A - depolarized

  8. Feature A - polarized

  9. Mercury Polar “Ice” Features Pre-upgrade data 15-km resolution Chao Meng-Fu crater

  10. Post-upgrade data 1.5-km resolution

  11. old pole position

  12. North polar “ice” features

  13. Mars

  14. polarized long-code method standard method depolarized

  15. Mars delay-Doppler array radar map

  16. Marte Vallis lava flows – Viking image

  17. Marte Vallis lava flows – MGS image

  18. Ascraeus Mons Arsia Mons Pavonis lava apron Daedalia Planum flows Elysium Mons Olympus Mons Marte Vallis Olympus basal plains

  19. Daedalia Planum lava flows

  20. Comets

  21. Comet Radar Detections Comet Year A.U. Components Arecibo Goldstone Both

  22. IRAS-Araki-Alcock Hyakutake

  23. C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) First solid detection of coma echo depolarization C/2002 O6 (SWAN)

  24. Nucleus Albedo and Surface Density

  25. Nucleus Mass-Loss Rates in Large Grains

  26. Upcoming Short-Period Comets Comet Date Dist. (AU)

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