THE DETERMINATION OF VENUS GRAVITY FIELD WITH VERITAS.
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The Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography and Spectroscopy (VERITAS) NASA Discovery mission will address important scientific questions about Venus’ evolution, structure, and past and on-going geological processes by collecting data from a gravity science experiment, and two instruments: an X-band interferometric SAR (VISAR), and a near-infrared imaging spectrometer (VEM). VERITAS, during the Science Phase 2, relevant for gravity data collection, will orbit Venus for 4 Venusian cycles (2.7 years) on a near - polar, near – circular, low altitude orbit.