用于探测金星的麦哲伦号绘制完成了金星表面98%的地形图,它传回的数据表明金星的大部分地区都被火山物质所覆盖,其间点缀着一些陨石坑。
Magellan mapped more than 98 percent of the surface of Venus, and revealed the planet to be mostly covered by volcanic materials, dotted with a few impact craters.
靠近地球的9号探测器和其他俄罗斯着陆器所看到的岩石图,暗示了一段痛苦的火山历史,这一点在上世纪90年代初得到了美国麦哲伦轨道飞行器的证实。
The rocky views glimpsed by the Nearer Nine and other Russian landers suggested a tortured volcanic history that was confirmed in the early 1990s by the American Magellan orbiter.
但麦哲伦派出便衣搜查“维多利亚号”和“圣地亚哥号”,并收复了它们。
But Magellan sent disguised raiding parties aboard the Victoria and the Santiago and recaptured them.
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