... Venus' atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide, and is over 90 times heavier than the Earth's. Most of the intense heat on Venus is due to this thick blanket of carbon dioxide, which traps heat very well. ...
... The gravitational force of the Solar System planets, especially Jupiter and Venus, causes the ecliptic to precess, wobbling as its poles describe an arc counterclockwise in space, around the poles of the invariable plane. ...
... They include such favorites as "The Reasons for the Seasons", "The Venus Topography Box", "The Toilet Paper Solar System Model", "Inventing an Alien", "Galaxy Sorting", and "Creating Your Own Constellations." ...
... of Venus, a rare celestial alignment in which the silhouette of Venus appears to ... during the 2004 transit of Venus -- was how small Venus appeared relative to the sun ...
... Inclination of equator to solar orbit . Mercury . 2 degrees . Venus . 2.7 degrees . Earth . 23.5 degrees . ... Venus and Jupiter are tilted by only 3 degrees, so the seasonal variation is quite mild. Every day is almost an equinox. ...
... Venus -- sometimes referred to as planetary twins -- have quite different atmospheres: Tremendous atmospheric pressure and a surface temperature of 750 kelvins (enough to melt lead) make Venus an unpleasant place for us. http://www.nineplanets.org/venus ...
... As elusive as Venus is forgotten, enigmatic Mercury only seems to capture our imaginations when making one of its rare solar transits (see "Mercury's Time to 'Shine,'" September/October 2006, p. 12). ...
... I wanted to see some planets and on that particular evening I had a fielder's choice: Venus and Mars were sinking in the west, Saturn was a bit higher, and Jupiter was ascending in the east. ...