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astro-ph.EP2017★ 31 cited
Return to Venus of the Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter AKATSUKI
Masato Nakamura, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Chikako Hirose +19
Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter/AKATSUKI was proposed in 2001 with strong support by international Venus science community and approved as an ISAS (The Institute of Space and Astron…
astro-ph.EP2017★ 41 cited
Equatorial jet in the lower to middle cloud layer of Venus revealed by Akatsuki
T. Horinouchi, S. Murakami, T. Satoh +15
The Venusian atmosphere is in a state of superrotation where prevailing westward winds move much faster than the planet's rotation. Venus is covered with thick clouds that extend f…