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Hace 2 días · Venus is the second planet from the Sun.It is a terrestrial planet and is the closest in mass and size to its orbital neighbour Earth.Venus is notable for having the densest atmosphere of the terrestrial planets, composed mostly of carbon dioxide with a thick, global sulfuric acid cloud cover. At the surface it has a mean temperature of 737 K (464 °C; 867 °F) and a pressure of 92 times that ...
Hace 5 días · May 23, 2024. Article. Using observations by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and many other facilities, two international teams of astronomers have discovered a planet between the sizes of Earth and Venus only 40 light-years away. Multiple factors make it a candidate well-suited for further study using NASA’s James Webb ...
Hace 5 días · Venus de Milo, ancient statue commonly thought to represent Aphrodite, now in Paris at the Louvre. It was carved from marble by Alexandros, a sculptor of Antioch on the Maeander River about 150 bce.
Hace 5 días · VERITAS ( Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) is an upcoming mission from NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to map the surface of the planet Venus in high resolution. The combination of topography, near-infrared spectroscopy, and radar image data will provide knowledge of Venus's tectonic and impact ...
Hace 5 días · The potentially habitable planet, named Gliese 12 b, orbits its host star every 12.8 days, is comparable in size to Venus—so slightly smaller than Earth—and has an estimated surface temperature...
Hace 3 días · The spacecraft carries a suite of six instruments. The 1-Micron Camera (IR1) will image the deepest levels of the atmosphere at 0.90, 0.97, and 1.01 micron wavelengths. The 2-Micron Camera (IR2) will image the middle and lower atmosphere at 1.73, 2.26, and 2.32 microns. The atmosphere at the height of the cloud tops will be mapped by the ...
Hace 2 días · Description. This spacecraft mission combined a Venus swingby and a Comet Halley flyby. Two identical spacecraft, Vega 1 and Vega 2, were launched December 15 and 21, 1984, respectively. After carrying Venus entry probes to the vicinity of Venus (arrival and deployment of probes were scheduled for June 11-15, 1985), the two ...
