Is Venus the closest planet to Earth? Why does Venus have no moons? Does the magnetosphere affect weather? Does Uranus have a magnetic field? Is Venus the smallest planet? Where is the planet Venus? Is Venus the largest planet in the solar system?
During Mariner 2's flyby of Venus, the spacecraft not only detected the presence of solar wind but also identifiedtwo distinct streamsof solar wind, one fast and the other slow. According to NASA, the slow stream was reported to be traveling about 215 mps whilst the fast stream zipped by...
Venusis the exception, as its proximity to the Sun and dense atmosphere make it our solar system's hottest planet. The average temperatures of planets in our solar system are: Mercury - 800°F (430°C) during the day, -290°F (-180°C) at night. Venus - 880°F (471°C) ...
Does the moon affect the Earth's magnetic field? What planets have a magnetosphere? What is the magnetosphere like on Venus? Is the ISS protected by the magnetosphere? Is the ozone layer in the magnetosphere? Does the Earths magnetosphere protect the moon? How do auroras form in the ionospher...
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun, and the second closest to Earth (Venus is the closest). But the distance between Earth and Mars is constantly changing as they orbit the sun. In theory, the closest that Earth and Mars would approach each other would be when Mars is at its close...
On Earth, liquid water removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and combines it with calcium, from rock weathering, to form carbonate sedimentary rocks. Without liquid water to remove carbon from the atmosphere, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Venus remains high. [#paragraph3]...
Retrograde motion is when it APPEARS as though a planet is actually moving in a backward motion due to the relation of the planet to the earth in its particular position at a certain point in time. Mercury Retrograde Venus Retrograde Mars Retrograde Jupiter Retrograde Saturn Retrograde Uranus ...
The thinking is that if certain minerals occur here on Earth, as a result of a biological process, and if we also find those same minerals on another planet, this would suggest that life may have once existed there! But just because a particular mineral is found on, say Mars or Venus,...
The solar system has inner and outer layers, the inner being made up of the sun, Mercury, Venus and Earth, and the outer being made up of Mars, asteroids and miscellaneous space debris. Although these planets are light-years away from each other, each planet has very distinct effects on ...
Thus, it is coincidence that Jupiter's and Saturn's large moons are as small as they are: if Jupiter happened to have a moon one-fourth of its own size (as Earth does), that moon would be larger than Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury and Pluto, and all of these “planets” would have...