A WISPR of the Venus Surface: Analysis of the Venus Nightside Thermal Emission at Optical Wavelengths
A WISPR of the Venus Surface: Analysis of the Venus Nightside Thermal Emission at Optical Wavelengths
Abstract Parker Solar Probe (PSP) conducted several flybys of Venus while using Venus’ gravity for orbital adjustments to enable its daring passes of the Sun. During these flybys, PSP turned to image the nightside of Venus using the Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR) optical telescopes, which unexpectedly observed Venus’ …