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A variety of radars designed to explore the hidden structures and properties of the Solar System's planets and bodies

Ciarletti, Valérie

Since the very first observations of the Moon from the Earth with radar in 1946, radars are more and more frequently selected to be part of the payload of exploration missions in the Solar System. They are, in fact, able to collect information on the surface structure of bodies or planets hidden by opaque atmospheres, to probe the planet subsurfac…