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Data Volume

#4184
From: Jim Meritt
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 19:46
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Given that the Magellan is suppose to have "resolution down to football
sizes" and all of Venus is dry, how many pixels would we be talking
about here (assume pixel tone is function of height, so only one
pixel per resolution cell).  How much data are we talking about here, 
beside "a bunch"?


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Date: 4 May 89 19:46:37 GMT
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