Kuongorora kwokutanga kwakaratidzwa muna 1920s, apo Frank E. Ross akawana kuti mifananidzo ye ultraviolet yakaratidza tsanangudzo yakawanda yakanga isipo mumagetsi anooneka uye infrared radiation. Akataura kuti izvi zvaive nekuda kweiyo yakasviba, yakasviba pasi pemhepo ine makore akakwirira e cirrus pamusoro payo. Kuongorora kwe spectroscopic muma 1900s kwakapa zviratidzo zvekutanga pamusoro pekutenderera kweVenus. Vesto Slipher akaedza kuchinja Doppler yeVenus, asi haana kuwana chero kutenderera. Akafungidzira kuti nyika inofanira kunge yakatenderera kwenguva yakareba kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa. Gare gare muma1950s, kuongorora kwakananga kwakaratidzwa neRadio Telescope yaMaxwell, iyo yakaratidza kuti zvikamu zvitatu zveVenus zvakange zvisingazivikanwe panguva ye1950s.
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