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VERITAS vs. Magellan mapping and topography comparison

VERITAS vs. Magellan mapping and topography comparison
VERITAS vs. Magellan mapping and topography comparison VERTITAS could greatly improve the resolution of images of Venus surface (left) and topography (right) as shown by these simulations based on terrestrial data (Hawaii and Iceland; the topographic image is from a paper discussing general improvements possible by a new mission and VERITAS’s actual resolution may be different). NASA / JPL-Caltech; Decadal Survey White Paper, NASA