Soviet Venus probe's soil reading likely from its ejected lens cover, not ground

Venera 14's 1982 Venus surface hardness reading was likely from its own ejected lens cover, not the ground.

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According to Wikipedia's account of the Venera 14 mission, the penetrometer reading beamed back to Earth in 1982 was most likely of the ejected lens cover's compressibility rather than the ground's. ^[1] NASA's caption for the reprocessed Venera 14 panorama states that the penetrometer sits in the lower left of the frame, beside part of the ejected lens cover. ^[2] The Soviet Venera 14 lander touched down on Venus on 5 March 1982 and operated for 57 minutes, exceeding its designed 32-minute lifetime. ^[3] Yuri Surkov and colleagues, writing in the Journal of Geophysical Research, reported that the Venera 14 landing site is tholeiitic basalt, chemically similar to Earth's ocean floor rock. ^[4] Mercury enters Libra on September 10, which the article claims will favor dialogue, negotiations, and finding points of agreement within relationships. ^[5] The article states that September is characterized by analysis, definitions, and emotional transformations, with Virgo season being the main focus. ^[6] Venus enters Scorpio on September 10, a position described as intensifying emotions and leading to a deeper, more passionate experience of love. ^[7] A new moon in Virgo occurs on Tuesday, September 11, creating an opportunity to start a new emotional stage based on clarity and realism. ^[8]

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NASA's caption for the reprocessed Venera 14 panorama states that the penetrometer sits in the lower left of the frame, beside part of the ejected lens cover. · Space Daily

The Soviet Venera 14 lander touched down on Venus on 5 March 1982 and operated for 57 minutes, exceeding its designed 32-minute lifetime. · Space Daily

Yuri Surkov and colleagues, writing in the Journal of Geophysical Research, reported that the Venera 14 landing site is tholeiitic basalt, chemically similar to Earth's ocean floor rock. · Space Daily

Mercury enters Libra on September 10, which the article claims will favor dialogue, negotiations, and finding points of agreement within relationships. ·

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The article states that September is characterized by analysis, definitions, and emotional transformations, with Virgo season being the main focus. ·

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Venus enters Scorpio on September 10, a position described as intensifying emotions and leading to a deeper, more passionate experience of love. ·

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A new moon in Virgo occurs on Tuesday, September 11, creating an opportunity to start a new emotional stage based on clarity and realism. ·

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