01740cam a2200385 i 4500 rnd000000000048599 RAND 920212s1991 cauab b 000 0 eng d 0833019295 RAND/N-3437-JPL (Sirsi) a190705 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR QB621 .D38 1991 Davies, Merton E. author. The preliminary geodetic control network of Venus / Merton E. Davies, Patricia G. Rogers. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991. xi, 17 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier A RAND note ; 3437 Includes bibliographical references (p. 17). This Note was written in preparation for the Magellan mission to Venus and presents the coordinate system adopted for the project. Control points have been identified on Venera 15, 16 pictures and 1983 Arecibo pictures, and their coordinates given in the Magellan coordinate system. Transformation matrices are presented. The control points are identified as craters, hills, or central peaks in craters. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Planets Maps. Venus (Planet) Maps. Rogers, Patricia G. (Patricia Grizzaffi) author. Rand Corporation. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) Rand note ; 3437. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3437/ 599348 599348