Layers of sulfuric acid clouds completely obscure the surface of this neighboring planet
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Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack  LAYERS OF SULFURIC ACID CLOUDS COMPLETELY OBSCURE THE SURFACE OF THIS NEIGHBORING PLANET, VENUS. THIS PLANET'S MOON TRITON...
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Atmosphere of Venus - Wikipedia  The atmosphere of Venus is the layer of gases surrounding Venus. It is composed primarily of carbon dioxide and is much denser and hotter than that of Earth. The temperature at the surface is 740 K (467 C, 872 F), and the pressure is ... The Venusian atmosphere supports opaque clouds made of sulfuric acid, making...
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This question originally aired on December 9, 1996... | Jeopardy ...  Dec 9, 1996 ... Category: THE PLANETS Question: Layers of sulfuric acid clouds completely obscure the surface of this neighboring planet. Answer: Venus
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Are Mystery Clouds of Venus a Warning Sign for Earth's Climate ...  Dec 1, 2010 ... Mysterious clouds discovered on Venus could serve as a cautionary tale for ... learn more about Earth's closest planetary neighbor, they also serve as a ... Venus is blanketed in clouds of sulfuric acid that obscure our view of the planet's surface. ... So, when Venus Express detected a layer of sulfur dioxide at...
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Venus  Venus is the second planet out from the sun, 67,000,000 miles away, and is the Earth's nearest neighbor in the solar system. It is the third ... There are several layers of clouds many kilometers thick composed of sulfuric acid (battery acid) droplets. These clouds completely obscure our view of the surface. The pressure of...
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Layers of the Sun | NASA  It reaches from the surface visible at the center of the solar disk to about 250 miles ... Corona - The corona is the outermost layer of the Sun, starting at about 1300 ... corona cannot be seen with the naked eye except during a total solar eclipse, ...... corona remains a fundamental challenge in solar and heliospheric science.
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Atmosphere of Earth - Wikipedia  The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, commonly known as air, that surrounds the planet Earth and is retained by Earth's gravity. The atmosphere protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation .... Stratosphere. Main article: Stratosphere. The stratosphere is the second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.
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Planet data; Gaia - OoCities  It is the only planet in the solar system whose day (241 Earth days) is longer than its .... Until about [March 01], planetary astronomers believed that the southern cap ..... in a bed of nitrogen ice that covers much of Pluto's surface at a temperature of .... to have atmospheres: Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io (sulfur dioxide),...
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Atmosphere of Venus - Wikipedia  The atmosphere of Venus is the layer of gases surrounding Venus. It is composed primarily of carbon dioxide and is much denser and hotter than that of Earth. The temperature at the surface is 740 K (467 C, 872 F), and the pressure is ... Its ionosphere separates the atmosphere from outer space and the solar wind.
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Water Pressure at  The ocean is deep. If we shaved off all the continents and filled the trenches in the oceans with the earth from the continents, the entire globe would be covered...
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Mars - Wikipedia  Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, after ... Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye, as can its reddish .... are thought to have formed as recently as only a few million years ago. ..... lowering the atmospheric density by stripping away atoms from the outer...
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J! Archive - Show #3579, aired 2000-03-09  It's the only known planet in our solar system JPL spacecraft haven't visited ... A JPL engineer designed this Larami Ltd. product that puts water pistols to shame...
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Acid Rain - National Atmospheric Deposition Program  Sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2) are bi-products from ... oxygen, carbon dioxide, and sunlight in the atmosphere to form sulfuric and nitric acids. ... These compounds are also present in gases and dry particles, which are ... Forests, lakes, and streams: Acid rain can cause widespread damage to trees.
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Observatorio ARVAL - Climate Change; The cyclic nature of Earth's ...  International Space Environment Service (ISES), Solar Cycle Sunspot ..... in the atmosphere, remaining there on account of the very low radiating power of a gas. ... "The climate of the Earth is profoundly affected by two competing processes: .... A 7% decrease in cloud water seen by SSM/I translates into 3 billion tonnes of...
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Wit's End: The Human Volcano  Mar 3, 2012 ... The most important aspect to me of course is that the decrease in annual crop ... Ground level ozone turns their leaves brown and spotty, and stunts their growth. ... A lot of warming in the tropics can actually damage productivity. ..... and dust from human activities would cause a dangerous global cooling.
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The planet Venus by Summer Starling on Prezi  Also, the atmosphere is made up of 96% carbon dioxide and thick clouds of sulfuric acid cover the planet. Venus is ... They call Venus "Earth's twin" because it is so simular to Earth. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. ... The surface is obscured by a thick blanket of clouds. ... Orbital characteristics[2][4]
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geometry - Is the sphere the only surface all of whose projections ...  Sep 17, 2010 ... Or: Can we deduce a spherical Earth by observing that its shadows .... I assume that by a "surface" you mean something reasonable, like a boundary of a convex set). ... Bill Thurston's comments are an example of why one should not use ... A curve of constant width can be thought of in terms of a slab in the...
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Planets of our Solar System :: The Planets Today  A description of each of the solar system planets and the history of our knowledge of them. ... It has a highly cratered rocky surface and is known to have an iron core. ... has been mapped using radar and it is known that is is covered by large flat .... However its mass is only a tenth of Earth's with gravity on the surface being...
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What Is The Atmosphere Like On Other Planets? - Universe Today  Jan 8, 2016 ... Why do the other planets, like Venus (shown above) have a different atmosphere than Earth? ... is 93 times that of Earth's atmosphere and the pressure at the planet's ... Above the dense CO layer, thick clouds consisting mainly of sulfur ... heavier molecules including nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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Summer of Science - A Planet With a Tail Nine Million Miles Long ...  A planet outside of our solar system is losing its atmosphere, which is ... transit across the surface of its parent star, a red dwarf that is half the diameter of our sun. ..... their location and return the information to Mr. Bidder for a reward of one shilling. ..... by dust so thick that previous satellite observatories could not cut through.
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What Are The Colors of the Planets? - Universe Today  May 11, 2016 ... When you remove all the touch-ups and filters, the planets of the Solar System ... when seen from space, due to the cloud's absorption of blue light. ... gas with trace amounts of volatiles (such as ammonia) which surround a rocky core. ... of methane and ammonia, along with its greater distance from the Sun...