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VIRTIS/VEX observations of Venus: overview of selected scientific results

Drossart, Pierre; Piccioni, Giuseppe; Haus, Rainer +2 more

After six years in a polar Venus orbit, the visible and infrared thermal imaging spectrometer (VIRTIS) on ESA's Venus Express mission provided an enormous amount of new data, including a three-dimensional view of the atmosphere and information on global surface properties of the planet. An overview is given of selected scientific results achieved …