Venus by devy6740 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82 Quick Stats and Facts en-us 2018-03-24 23:17:09 UTC 2025-10-30 13:57:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Size Comparison: devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245826230 Venus is 1.1x smaller than Earth with a mass of .81476 that of Earth or 4.869e24Kg. It has an equatorial radius of 6051.8km (.94886 Earth's).]]> 2018-03-25 13:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245826230 Venus vs Earth devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245827128 2018-03-25 13:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245827128 Atmospheric Composition: devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245827565 96% Carbon Dioxide, 3% Nitrogen, trace amounts of Sulfur Dioxide, Water Vapor, Carbon Monoxide, Argon *NO OXYGEN ]]> 2018-03-25 14:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245827565 Terrestrial Composition: devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828014 2018-03-25 14:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828014 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828062 No oceans as liquid water does not exist on Venus. Surface planes are covered in vast lava flows and there mountain ranges and highlands.]]> 2018-03-25 14:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828062 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828075 85% of the surface is covered in volcanic rock with more than 100,000 small volcanoes and over 100 large volcanoes dotting the surface. ]]> 2018-03-25 14:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828075 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828102 Several unique Venusian features include Coronea and Archnoids. These are large circular features surrounded with cliffs spanning up to hundreds of km. ]]> 2018-03-25 14:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828102 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828749 High terrain appears very bright and scientists speculate this is due to an abundance of iron pyrite in the higher regions as it would be stable there. ]]> 2018-03-25 14:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245828749 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245829359 Volcanic flows produced long channels extending for as long as 7000km.]]> 2018-03-25 14:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245829359 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245829742 Coronae are thought to have produced by mantle up welling and Archnoids are product of molten rock seeping through fractures. ]]> 2018-03-25 14:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245829742 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245829964 2018-03-25 14:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245829964 Maxwell Montes devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245829996 Bright areas help to indicate elevation as well. ]]> 2018-03-25 14:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245829996 Coronae devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245830011 2018-03-25 14:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245830011 Archnoids devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245832422 2018-03-25 14:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245832422 Surface Pressure and Gravity devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245832858 The surface pressure on Venus is 92 times that of Earth!  
Venus's gravitational pull is similar to Earth's at 8.87 m/s². This means that if you weigh 100lbs on Earth you would weigh 91lbs on Venus.]]> 2018-03-25 14:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245832858 Average Temperature devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245833566 Due to the greenhouse effect of the carbon dioxide heavy atmosphere the average temperature is 482° C (900° F). Heat comes in from the sun but then is not allowed to escape making it even hotter than Mercury.]]> 2018-03-25 14:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245833566 Period of Rotation: devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245833933 243 Earth days]]> 2018-03-25 14:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245833933 Period of Revolution: devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245833961 225 Earth days]]> 2018-03-25 14:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245833961 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245834195 Notice that it actually takes less time for Venus to orbit the sun than it does for it to rotate once around it's own axis. This is due to its retrograde motion, meaning it rotates east to west (backwards!). ]]> 2018-03-25 14:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245834195 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245834588 The Soviet Union’s Venera 13 survived the intense heat and pressure of Venus’ surface for more than two hours, an impressive feat!

]]> 2018-03-25 15:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245834588 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245834993 2018-03-25 15:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245834993 Distance from our Sun devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245835239 Venus is 108,200,000km from the Sun, which is 0.7233 of Earth’s distance.


]]> 2018-03-25 15:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245835239 How Many Moons? devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245835463 Venus (like Mercury) doesn't actually have any moons that it has pulled into it's orbit. Scientists speculate that it did once have a moon, however is just spiraled away similar to how our moon is creeping steadily further and further away. ]]> 2018-03-25 15:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245835463 Crazy Winds devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245840790 Despite having a very slow rotational rate of the planet itself, the winds on Venus blow at hurricane force sending clouds around the planet in only 5 days]]> 2018-03-25 15:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245840790 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245841413 2018-03-25 15:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245841413 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245843984 Scientists believe that Venus may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperatures for up to 2 billion years of its early history]]> 2018-03-25 16:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245843984 devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245844177 More than 40 spacecraft have explored Venus. The ‘90s NASA Magellan mission mapped the planet's surface and Akatsuki (Japanese Space Probe) is currently orbiting Venus.

]]> 2018-03-25 16:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245844177 Bibliography: devy6740 https://padlet.com/devy6740/ut8kp9ovkn82/wish/245845832 Ask an Astronomer. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2018, from
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