Venus

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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


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