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Space Topics: Venus

Venus Links

Best overviews:
The Nine Planets
Wikipedia

Best physical data and mission information:
National Space Science Data Center
The Soviet Exploration of Venus (Don Mitchell)

Official nomenclature:
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Images:
NASA/JPL Planetary Photojournal
Make your own images at PDS Map-a-Planet
Cut & Assemble Venus Globe

Attempts to process and calibrate the Venera lander images:
Images of Venus (Don Mitchell)
Venera 9 and 10, Venera 13, Venera images (Ted Stryk)
Images of the Surface of Venus (Don Davis)

Venus craters :
Venus Crater Database (Herrick et al.)
Database of Impact Craters on Venus (Schaber et al.)

Data sources and information:
All Magellan data online
Magellan MIDRs at the PDS Imaging Node
Magellan FMAPS
The Magellan Venus Explorer's Guide