Venus
how long does it take venus to orbit the sun?
225 earth days
what are the two continent like features on venus?
Ishtar Terra and aphrodite terra
What is venus' largest impact crater?
Mead crater (named after a woman)
what is the temperature of mercury?
about 730 k....thats hotter than mercury!
why is venus called the morning or evening star?
because it is tied to the sun
what makes the surface of venus impossible to see?
clouds and dense atmosphere
What is venus called in relation to earth?
evil step sister
what do these kind of volcanos do?
form hot spots in the crust instead of plate boundaries
Venus
hotter, brighter than mercury. bigger, closer to earth, and clouds are reflective
what is special about venus?
it rotates on its axis the opposite way of every other planet. it takes it longer to to make a complete rotation than it does to orbit the sun. aka. its day is longer than its year
what is the runaway greenhouse effect?
keeps getting hotter as infrared radiation is absorbed. because venus' atmosphere is deeper and denser, a very small fraction of the radiation can escape back to space resulting in a very hot planet
what have cracks on venus caused?
lava to flow and reach the surfuce to flood the terrain
what is the higest peak on venus?
maxwell montes
is there evidence of plate techtonics?
no
where is venus at superior conjunction?
opposing side of sun from the earth
what is a corona?
outward bulge
what about venus is similiar to earths?
radius, mass, and density
what is it called when venus rotates the opposite way?
retrograde
What is the mead crater like?
rough inner and smooth outer
what are the names of the volacanos on venus and what kind of volcanos are they?
sif and gula. shield
what lander landed on venus?
soviet veneras
what are venus' clouds mostly made up of?
sulfuric battery acid
what is greatest elongation?
the biggest angular distance. when it looks the brightest
Venus is remarkably flat
true
what are the winds like on venus?
upper atmosphere has high winds, but near surface almost calm
what is the brightest planet in the sky?
venus. (3rd brightest object to the sun and moon)
what is venus' atmosphere like?
very dense with a solid cloud bank. mostly cabon dioxide with clouds being sulfuric acid
when does venus appear to be brightest?
when a cresent about 39 degrees from the sun
when is venus at inferior conjunction?
when it lies closest to earth. in between sun and earth
what are lava domes?
where molten rock bulged out of the ground and then retreated
