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The extension to the planets of radar techniques in use against the moon presents a severe technical challenge. The closest and most easily detected object beyond the moon is Venus, but even under the most ideal conditions this planet returns an echo some 5 million times weaker than does the moon. Nevertheless, there now exist a number of facilities with sufficient sensitivity to observe not only Venus, but Mars, Mercury, and perhaps Jupiter.
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Pettengill, G. (1965). Planetary Radar Astronomy. In: Aarons, J. (eds) Solar System Radio Astronomy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8603-6_18
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