The Catalog of Planetary Maps.
Sources: The research that led to this catalog was supported by Fulbright Hungary Grant No. 1222202, awarded to H. Hargitai for research at USGS Astrogeology, Flagstaff, Arizona (advisor: Trent Hare), and by the ICA Commission on Planetary Cartography (advisor: Kira Shingareva). Most of the data is based on the inventory of the map library of USGS Astrogeology.
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Venus relief map (nearside, farside, S polar, N polar)
Scale 1: 45 000 000
Venus — map
2010 Edition:
Centered at 320 longitude, slplit to "far side" and "near side" according to the recommendations of G.A. Burba.
0 m level~ R 6051,8 kmLatin-only edition
Latin-only edition
"Ginger" edition in Latin and Russian
"Violet" edition in Latin and Russian
Venus relief map was prepared in the Sternberg State Astronomical Institute with the participation of the chair of Cartography and Geoinformatics of the Moscow State University on the base of Magellan altimetry data. The contours were constructed using the heights of 6 146 156 object points. The heights on Venus are referenced to a sphere of radius 6051,8 km. Crater Ariadne (43,9°N, 0°E) defines the Prime Meridian of Venus. Central longitude of the Nearside is 320°E. This hemisphere every 584 days looks the Earth at Venus lower conjunction with the Sun, i.e. when the planet is on a line directly between the Earth and the Sun.
Prepared by dr. E.N. Lazarev
Edited by dr. J.F. Rodionova
Directed by prof. V.V. Shevchenko