V V-2 rocket, [18] Van Allen radiation belt, [19], [97] Venus atmosphere, [3], [5], [104], [105], [112] atmospheric temperature, [85] atmospheric winds, [5] CO₂ content above clouds, [106] cloud cover, [105], [106] cloud observations, [104], [105] clouds, data, [111] compared with Earth, [5] description, [4] dielectric constant, surface material, [107] encounter, [93], [94] historical data, [2] inferior and superior conjunctions, [4] magnetic field, [98], [100], [111] comparison with geomagnetic, [100], [101] data, [100], [101], [102] strength, [100], [101], [102] mass, [109], [111] orbit, [4] radar experiments, 1961, [106], [107] radar experiments during mission, [107] reflection coefficient, [107] revolution, [4] rotation, [4], [101], [108], [111] surface, [106] brightness temperature, [103], [104] characteristics, theories, [102], [103] “greenhouse” effect, [106] measurements, [103], [104] pressure, [112] reflectivity, [111] roughness, [107], [108] temperature, [106], [111] temperature, [85], [111] topography, [5] water vapor in atmosphere, [106] Venus encounter, [63]
W WAC Corporal, [18] Woomera Tracking Station, [67], [68], [75] equipment, [68], [71], [73]
Transcriber’s Notes
- Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
- In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.
- Silently corrected a few typos.
- In the index, entry “propellant storage”, replaced one nonsensical page number (200) with a plausible conjecture (38).