Venus

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Venus

• The HOTTEST planet

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Venus Internal Structure
www.esa.int/export/images/Venus_interior_H.jpg
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Topography of Venus
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00158
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00157
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Tesserae
Alpha Regio
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00481
http//zebu.uoregon.edu/imamura/121/lecture-9/ven
us.html
http//www.funkyscience.net/imagebank/images_big/t
esserae_alpharegio.jpg
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Pictures of Venus surface
http//www.solarviews.com/raw/venus/venera9.jpg
http//www.serve.com/wizjd/parks/craters/craters.h
tml
http//nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/v14_yg0684
8.gif
http//nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/v
enera13-right.jpg
http//imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/sats_n_data/miss
ions/venera1314.html
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Radar image of
http//www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p38722.gif
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Theyre everywhere!
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More volcanic activity
http//www.solarviews.com/raw/venus/cluscone.gif
http//www.solarviews.com/raw/venus/rilles.gif
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Strange volcanic forms on Venus
http//www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p38810.gif
http//volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/planet_volcano
/venus/fan_volc.jpg
http//www.solarviews.com/raw/venus/anemone.gif
http//apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950823.html
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Pancake Domes
http//volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/planet_volcano
/venus/dome_chain.jpg
http//volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/4.
4.jpg
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00246
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Coronae
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00158
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00461
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Coronae in 3D
http//nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/m
gn_corona_idem-kuva.jpg
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Maxwell Mountains
http//www.lpi.usra.edu/images/sven/sven_s15.gif
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00158
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Venus Craters
http//www.lpi.usra.edu/images/sven/sven_s34.gif
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A sample of Venus craters
http//www.solarviews.com/raw/venus/dani.gif
http//www.solarviews.com/raw/venus/cluster.gif
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00083
http//nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/mgn_c260s0
93_202.gif
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Venus Craters and Volcanoes
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Venusian volcanism
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Bonus Material

• These slides are used in ASTR 1010H but may be of
  interest to all of you however, this material
  will not be found on ASTR 1010 exams.

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Vincent van Gogh
Starry Night
Road with Cypress and Star
http//www.oes.org/page2/7194Starry_Night-Vincent
_vanGogh_Starry_Starry_Night_Don_McLean.html
White House at Night
http//communitas.princeton.edu/blogs/writingart4/
images/Road20with20Cypress20and20Star.gif
http//www.vincentvangoghart.net/White-House-at-Ni
ght.html
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Venusatmosphericprofile
http//concise.britannica.com/ebc/art-47470/Profil
e-of-Venuss-middle-and-lower-atmospheres-as-derive
d-from
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Venus Transits the Sun (6/8/04)
http//www.astro-photography.com/venus_transit_tra
veler.htm
http//www.intersoft.it/galaxlux/VenusTransit08Jun
2004.htm
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Phases of Venus
http//www.astro.uni.wroc.pl/vt-2004/mt-2003/mt-me
rcury-orbit.html
http//www.spacestationinfo.com/phases-of-venus.ht
m
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Guiding Questions

• Describe Venus internal structure. Why do we
  think it is much like the Earths? In what ways
  is it different? Why doesnt Venus have a
  magnetic field?
• Describe Venus highlands, the tesserae. How
  are these formed?
• What does Venus surface look like?
• Roughly sketch the distribution of Venus
  volcanoes. Why is it so different than the
  distribution of Earths volcanoes?
• Why doesnt Venus have plate tectonics?
• Describe some of the volcanic features seen on
  Venus, including some of the objects unique to
  Venus. How are these formed?
• Roughly sketch the distribution of Venus
  craters. What does this tell us about Venus
  volcanic activity?
• What are the Maxwell Mountains? How are they
  formed? What is one possibility for why they are
  so reflective?

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