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Volcanoes on Venus 
  
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Publisher: University of North Dakota
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This site describes the volcanoes on Venus. It mentions the different kinds of volcanoes on Venus and how Venus's volcanoes compares to those on Earth. Accompanying this information…
https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/venus
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Astronomy Apps for Mobile Devices: A First Catalog 
  
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A. Fraknoi, Astron. Educ. Rev., 10 (1), 010302 (2011).
An annotated overview of 98 astronomy applications for smart phones and tablets has been published in the on-line journal "Astronomy Education Review." Compiled by Andrew Fraknoi…
https://doi.org/10.3847/AER2011036
Chasing Venus 
  
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
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This website tells the story of astronomers in pursuit of understanding and observing transits of Venus from 1631 to present day. Much of the content comes from rare books and…
https://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/chasing-venus/
Magellan Mission to Venus 
  
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This website is designed to educate the public about the Magellan Mission to Venus. It includes reports, a description of the mission, images taken by Magellan, animations of the…
https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/
The 2004 Transit of Venus -- Halley's Method of Deriving the AU 
  
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This series of three web pages gives information about the usage of the transit of Venus to measure distances in the solar system. The site also contains a large collection of links…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Svenus1.htm
Map-a-Planet 
  
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Explore global imagery of the planets and satellites from a variety of missions in an easy to use web interface. Customize and download your own image maps of the Moon, Mars, Venus,…
https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/tools/map-a-planet
Venus 
  
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C. Hamilton
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Part of the "Views of the Solar System" site by Calvin J. Hamilton, this site presents information, animations, Magellan movies and images of Venus.
http://solarviews.com/eng/venus.htm
Venus 
  
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This site focuses on the planet Venus. Some of the topics discussed include: the atmosphere, interior, and surface of Venus, recent discoveries, missions to Venus, and myths. There…
https://www.windows2universe.org/?page=/venus/venus.html
Phases of Venus Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Venus Phases model illustrates the phases of Venus as predicted by either the Copernican system of the Ptolemaic system (the Copernican system is the default). One window…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9377&DocID=...
Inferior Ptolemaic Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Ejs Inferior Ptolemaic model illustrates Ptolemy's orbit for a inferior planet. The model consists of a deferent circle, centered on a point some distance from Earth (at the…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9380&DocID=...

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