Generally, what comes into your mind after hearing the word "Venus"?
Obviously the first thing that comes into anybody's mind is the planet that is second from the sun.
Do you know?
After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows..!!!
Cloud structure on venus is shown in the image, this image is taken by pioneer venus orbiter.
Venus got the densest atmosphere of all the terrestrial planets and carbon dioxide is the major contributor to its atmosphere. Due to the presence of high amount of CO2 the atmosphere of Venus acts as greenhouse effect and increases the surface temperature of the planet.
Venus is shrouded by an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds of sulfuric acid, preventing its surface from being seen from space in visible light.
The image shows the true-image of venus and its surface covered by opaque clouds of H2SO4.
The surface gravity of Venus is not the only characteristic of the planet that nearly mirrors Earth. Venus has 86% of the volume that Earth has along with 82% of the mass. The planet’s density is nearly identical at 5.243 g/cm3. Since Venus and Earth are almost the same size and have about the same mass, the surface gravity on Venus is almost the same as the surface gravity on Earth. The surface gravity on Venus is about 90-91% of the surface gravity on Earth. This is why Venus is mainly referred as our Earth's sister planet.
Venus's small induced magnetosphere provides negligible protection to the atmosphere against cosmic radiation. This radiation may result in cloud-to-cloud lightning discharges.
Do you know?
Venus rotates clockwise called "retrograde" rotation once every 243 Earth days—the slowest rotation period of any planet in the solar system.
A radar image of venus.
Venus is present at a distance of 0.72AU from the sun and has got an orbital period of 224.65 days. A day on Venus is longer than a year, one day on Venus is 243 days which is due to its slow rotational period.
Few other characteristics of Venus:
Escape velocity : 10.36 km/s
Equatorial rotation velocity : 1.81 m/s
Surface pressure : 9.2 MPa
Euatorial radius : 6,051.8 km
Axial tilt : 177.3°
Gravitational acceleration
on surface : 8.87 m/s2
Obviously the first thing that comes into anybody's mind is the planet that is second from the sun.
Do you know?
After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows..!!!
Cloud structure on venus is shown in the image, this image is taken by pioneer venus orbiter.
Venus got the densest atmosphere of all the terrestrial planets and carbon dioxide is the major contributor to its atmosphere. Due to the presence of high amount of CO2 the atmosphere of Venus acts as greenhouse effect and increases the surface temperature of the planet.
Venus is shrouded by an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds of sulfuric acid, preventing its surface from being seen from space in visible light.
The image shows the true-image of venus and its surface covered by opaque clouds of H2SO4.
The surface gravity of Venus is not the only characteristic of the planet that nearly mirrors Earth. Venus has 86% of the volume that Earth has along with 82% of the mass. The planet’s density is nearly identical at 5.243 g/cm3. Since Venus and Earth are almost the same size and have about the same mass, the surface gravity on Venus is almost the same as the surface gravity on Earth. The surface gravity on Venus is about 90-91% of the surface gravity on Earth. This is why Venus is mainly referred as our Earth's sister planet.
Venus's small induced magnetosphere provides negligible protection to the atmosphere against cosmic radiation. This radiation may result in cloud-to-cloud lightning discharges.
Do you know?
Venus rotates clockwise called "retrograde" rotation once every 243 Earth days—the slowest rotation period of any planet in the solar system.
A radar image of venus.
Venus is present at a distance of 0.72AU from the sun and has got an orbital period of 224.65 days. A day on Venus is longer than a year, one day on Venus is 243 days which is due to its slow rotational period.
Few other characteristics of Venus:
Escape velocity : 10.36 km/s
Equatorial rotation velocity : 1.81 m/s
Surface pressure : 9.2 MPa
Euatorial radius : 6,051.8 km
Axial tilt : 177.3°
Gravitational acceleration
on surface : 8.87 m/s2
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