...History Venus was formed 4.6 billion years ago along with the Sun and the solar system. Large amounts of dust and gases accumulated over many years to form the planet. Venus is thought to be the result of a large collision. This is due to the fact that Venus rotates differently than the other planets in our solar system. Venus is commonly referred to as Earth's "sister planet" because of their similarity in size as well as a similar gravitational force. Although Venus and Earth share some similarities, it has shown to be very different from Earth in many other aspects. It has the most dense atmosphere out of the four terrestrial planets. Venus consists of more than 96% carbon dioxide. Surface Geography: The surface shows evidence of extreme volcanism, and the sulfur in the atmosphere may mean that there have been some recent eruptions. Venus is covered by a thick atmosphere, creating a blazing environment with temperatures reaching high enough to melt lead. Geology: Much of Venus's surface appears to have been shaped by volcanic activity. Venus is home to about 167 large volcanoes. Some stretching over 100 km long. Venusian surface is estimated to be 300–600 million years old. Almost 2x longer than Earth's. Internal Structure The similarity in size and density between Venus and Earth may mean that they share a similar internal structure: a core, mantle, and crust. Like Earth, the Venus's core is at least partially liquid because the two planets have been cooling...
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...The diameter of Venus is 12,104 km (7,520.8 mi) . And the distance from the sun is 108.2 million km (67.24 million mi). Venus is also about 39 million kilometers from earth (24 million miles). Venus is much closer to the sun than earth and is about the same size as earth. The orbit is 255 days 101 days less than earth.Even though Venus is called Earth's twin it is much hotter there, the surface of Venus is actually 872 °F (467 °C).The atmosphere of Venus is a layer of gases surrounding Venus. It is mainly made up of carbon dioxide and is much denser and hotter than Earth's atmosphere. The pressure is about the pressure found 3,000 ft 900 m underwater on Earth.Its atmosphere is mainly made up of carbon dioxide (96%) and nitrogen (3%), with...
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...Venus of Willendorf There have been many theories of the significance of one of the oldest and most famous prehistoric figures, Venus of Willendorf. Archeologists have suggested many different ways of understanding its significance for the society which made it. The first suggestion is that it was a "Venus figure" or "Goddess," used as a symbol of fertility. Apart from being female with an enlarged stomach and breasts, the red ochre pigment covering its pubic area has been thought to symbolize or serve as menstrual blood seen as a life giving agent. The second suggestion is that the figurine may have served as a good luck charm. Its extremely small size led archaeologists to assume that it may have been carried by the men during their hunting missions in which it served not only as a reminder of their mate back at home but also as a charm to bring them success in their hunting. Archaeologists suggest that the facelessness of the figure gives it a mysterious feel and believe that it may have been of more important as an object rather than as a person. Also suggested, the fact that the figure’s hair is braided in seven symbolic circles, seven in later times being regarded as a magic number used to bring about good luck. A third possible significance put forth by archaeologists is that of the figure serving as a mother goddess (earth mother or female deity). They believe that this comes from a suggestion that the statue was a woman whose specialness was indicated in...
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...to have held a certain level of importance to those of that time. A common statuette, said to be created around 25,000-20,000 B.C.E., is the Venus of Willendorf. One key feature of The Venus of Willendorf is it bulky size. Presenting the idea of an overweight woman she is thought to represent to natives of that time, who were believe to be overweight due to the harsh cold weather of that environment. Another key characteristic of The Venus of Willendorf was her exaggerated sexual private parts. The statue exemplifies her breasts, buttocks and stomach which insinuates thoughts of a pregnant women. Archaeologists and other specialist in this field can only speculate what the cause of this statue and many other artifacts of the ancient world were created to signify. But through research of this particular time in history, many believe the ancient cultures new way of life through farming and the production of food caused them to have a deep respect for life-giving powers. The Venus of Willendorf and other statuettes are thought to have been created to celebrate fertility. Fertility was essential to their culture. Fertility was not only important in the production of food needed to survive but also, and in a larger measure, to the production of children needed to keep their culture and enlarge communities. Citations: undefined. "Venus of Willendorf: Exaggerated Beauty." How art made the World. 22 June 2006. PBS. 9 July...
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...Venus de Milo The Venus de Milo is a Greek sculpture discovered in 1820 on the Island of Milos. The name Venus de Milo comes from the sculptures perfection and discovery. Venus, which is the name Romans use for Aphrodite, and Milo, for the Greek Island of Milos where the sculpture was discovered. The Venus de Milo is famous for many reasons, but mostly for her symbolism of female beauty. When the statue was found it had no arms and was broken in half during excavation. The halves were joined and yet, even flawed, the statue is still seen as the highest beauty. Venus de Milo has a perfectly proportioned face and a waist to hip ratio of .7. This ratio is coveted by women everywhere. It is said that both Marilyn Monroe and Kate Moss were lucky enough to have the sought after figure. When the statue arrived in France in 1821 its age was argued between the classical period, or much later. Evidence proves that the statue was of much later because of its inscription of the name Alexandros. The inscriptions states that he came from a city that was not in existence until long after the end of the classical era. That city was Antioch and was founded in 270 BC. However, the base with this inscription disappeared and was never seen again. The Venus de Milo is a sculpture that is very interesting because the modern world we live in is so obsessed with a perfect form of beauty, but this depiction of Aphrodite is flawed. In this modern world women are criticized for every minute little...
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...I am very and extremely confused on many points this article has stated. Firstly it has stated that since Venus would be lined right in front of Jupiter (off by one degree) it would light up 10 times it’s normal lighting. How is this even possible? like there should be an explanation for this seriously! Just because Venus lined up in front of Jupiter it would light up? This makes absolutely no sense what’s so ever. Then it has stated that since Venus would light up Jupiter would release a massive amount of hydrogen into space. How? you may say heat but even though venus light up 1000 times it wouldn’t make a difference for Jupiter. It may just affect it but not much. Venus is extremely tiny compared to the sun. So lighting up 10 times wouldn’t even be a percent of sun’s light...
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...The sculpture of The Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf) is Paleolithic Art. This sculpture is a tiny 4-inch high figure carved of stone. It is also a female form that is highly abstracted with emphasis on her anatomical parts such as, her breasts large stomach and hips. The sculpture also has small, thin arms that are lay on the breast. The sculpture of Two gypsum statuettes with folded hands (Votive Figures) is Sumerian Art. This sculpture is of two figures of a man and woman with their hands folded in front of their chests in a signal of prayer. The men wear belts and fringed skirts and most men have beards and shoulder-length hair. The women wear long robes, with the right shoulder bare. Comparable figures from other locations have writings,...
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...Imagine this scenario set in the future. We know that a decently large rogue planet will be crashing into Earth in a certain number of years and we cannot do anything to stop this from happening. However, we do have the ability to terraform a planet. If we could also move humanity to either Mars or Venus, which one should we go for and why? Hi Jessica! Interesting question. To start off, I will define what terraforming is for those who do not know what it means. Terraforming refers to the hypothetical process of modifying a planet or other heavenly body in order to make it habitable by humans. This outcome can be achieved by changing the atmosphere’s competition, the body’s temperature, the surface topography or the planet’s ecology. In order for terraforming to be successful and the planet to be able to sustain life, NASA has defined that such a body must have extended regions of liquid water, favourable living conditions and enough energy sources to sustain metabolism (). Mars is generally understood to be the planet that is closest to fulfilling these criteria because in many respects it is the most Earth-like planet in the Solar System(). It is generally accepted by scientists that Mars once had an Earth-like characteristic including a thicker atmosphere and abundant sources of water. These characteristics have diminished over the course of hundreds of millions of years due to carbon dioxide/carbonates reactions, a lack of magnetosphere and numerous asteroid impacts. The...
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...David Corvin 9/9/2012 Managerial Appls of Info Tech Prof. Tahereh Daneshi Course Project Proposal Terraforming Domes and the use of Planet Cracker Mining Vessels We live in a world where one of the main threats to our society is diminishing resources and the inevitability of over population. Humans and animals alike multiply at an alarming rate and with the arrivals of new people to this planet there is a need for aggressive expansion for houses, apartments and retail stores. With new expansion comes the need for new oil and gas refineries and nuclear power plant to support the land that will soon be developed. Human civilization has been consuming natural resources at an exponential rate and the threat that we will soon run out is on the back of our minds. With new developments will come new technology and the need to improve on what we currently have. Our planet can only offer us so much and there is still much to be discovered in outer space. There are hundreds of planets that have the ability to sustain life providing certain conditions are met. NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration have been in charge of the space program for many years. While they have released this power to the private sector and given those with the resources a chance to go where they have not offers a potential solution. Terraforming (literally, “Earth-shaping”) of a planet, moon, or other body is the process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to...
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... 9. Apollo 14 on January 31, 1971 10. Apollo 15 on July 26, 1971 11. Apollo 16 on April 16, 1972 12. Apollo 17 on December 7, 1972 Apollo 2 and 3 (these were no craft named) Apollo 4 (Also called AS-501) on November 9, 1967. Apollo 5 (also called AS-204) on January 22, 1968. Apollo 6 (Also called AS-502) on April 4, 1968. There were 17 in total. II- How many of the missions orbited the Moon and how many landed? Which ones? * Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 orbited the Moon and returned. * Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and Apollo 17 landed on the Moon. A total of 6. III- Unfortunately, there was an accident early on. Which mission was it? The mission that suffered a tragic accident was Apollo 1. Part 2: Venus I- How many Venera Missions (Russian) were there? Over what time period did these missions occur? Did any of the crafts actually land on the surface? What happened? * Venera 1 in 1961 - Venera 8 in 1972 * Venera 2 and 3 in 1965 - Venera 9 and 10 in 1975 * Venera 4 in 1967 - Venera 11 and 12 in 1978 * Venera 5 and 6 in 1969 - Venera 13 and 14 in 1981 * Venera 7 in 1970 - Venera 15 and 16 in 1983 The missions that landed on the surface were: Venera 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and Venera 14. They were only able to send information for a short time because the extremely high temperature and pressure on the surface melted and crushed the landers. Mars I- What were some of the...
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...earth’s mass, and the sun is 6.3 times brighter. Mercury was named by the Greeks, after the messenger of their g-d. Mariner 10 visited mercury, it mapped 45% of it, and it was the only one which visited more than one planet during its mission. It went up from Cape Canaveral, Florida on November, 1973 and went to Venus in February of 1974. Never attempt to observe Mercury or anything close to the sun with a naked eye because it can cause permanent damage. And with binoculars or telescope it is even more dangerous. VENUS Venus is the second planet from the sun it is called the evening star because it can be seen by sunset and also by sunrise. Venus is made up of molten metal core, mantle, and crust of various rocks and 98% of carbon dioxide with traces of nitrogen and other gases. It is the only planet that the day is longer then it’s year, it’s year is 225 earth days, and its day is 243 earth days. Venus is known as earth’s twin because of the similarity, it’s 82% of earth’s mass, and 91% of earth’s gravity. Venus is on a 178% tilt and it shines like a star at night because of the thick atmosphere that reflects the sun nicely. Venus is the hottest planet it is about 878°F it has the green house effect. Some scientists believe that there was water and it evaporated because of the heat and others think that...
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...Running Head: LIVING ON ANOTHER PLANET Living On Another Planet: Venus and the Aerial City of Euphuria Tommy Patterson GS1140 Living On Another Planet: Venus The population of earth is growing increasing over populated and the need to search and find a new planet to colonize and settle on has become a dire issue. The planet Venus is a perfect choice because of its similarities to Earth’s atmospheric and gravitational characteristics. Listed are some of the main characteristics positive and negative: Positive * Has gravity roughly similar to Earth and a think atmosphere that would protect you from radiation * The atmospheric pressure is the same as earth’s at an altitude of 50 – 60 kilometers from the surface * Possible to float in the skies in a balloon of breathable air because the breathable air on the planet is like a lifting gas * Take advantage of sunlight in regular gravity because of similarities Negative * Surface temperature – 462 degree oven like temperature * Surface pressure – 92 times that of earth * Atmosphere is entirely carbon dioxide with clouds of sulphuric acid * You would die faster on the surface of Venus than almost anywhere in the solar system The planet Venus is approximately 26,000,000 miles away from earth and would take 153 days of travel time to get there by normal means of space travel. So to remedy this issue the means of transportation will be by space vehicles equipped with warp drives which...
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...All other compounds only exist in very small amounts, such as hydrogen chloride and hydrogen fluoride. The surface temperature can reach 462 °C / 863 °F, which makes Venus the hottest planet in the entire Solar System. There are no significant changes in terms of temperature between day and night, which makes it impossible for any life to live on the surface of...
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...Venus “Women are from Venus and men are from Mars”, an old saying indicating the different gender roles assigned to each sex. Advertisements can greatly influence people’s perception of these gender roles by either promoting them or altering them. Regardless, many advertisements today tend to keep women confined to their gender roles, which “tells women that their role in life is to be sexually attractive to men” (Maasik and Solomon 562). In Venus’ advertisement for its new product, the “Embrace,” women are encouraged to accept the gender code and exert it as a form of empowerment. In the advertisement for Venus’ new shaving razor, the “Embrace”, a young white couple is shown being intimate with each other at a beach. The female is blonde, slender, and physically very attractive and is sporting a provocative blue two piece bikini. She is being carried by the man who is lean, has short dark hair and wearing tan khaki shorts with his face away from the camera. Her arms are positioned around his neck and her legs tightly latched on around his waist. They are gazing directly into each other’s eyes and in the moment, very happy. To the right of this image is a picture of the product itself and the words “Goddess of Never Letting Go” and the Venus trademark with the words “Reveal the Goddess in You” below it. At first glance, the woman in the ad seems to fit the description of the “Man’s Woman” (Craig 206) perfectly in that she is “physically attractive, slim, young and white...
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...Extreme Weather Unit Abstract This unit will study extreme weather on Earth but more specifically Mars and Venus. In the first steps it outlines the summary of this unit. The steps that the students have to take in studying these planets are outlined in the objectives. There are three cognitive objectives, one psychomotor, and one affective objective. The students will take this new knowledge of these planets and have to compare and contrast it with each other as well as weather on Earth. They will then have to assemble their own measuring tool for Mars or Venus and then have to defend their tool as the last step in this unit. As the students go through this unit they will be going through the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. They will start in the knowledge category as they start off describing weather but will finish in the evaluating category with their final creation presenting and defending why their tool would work on Mars or Venus. By taking these steps, utilizing back ground knowledge, and being able to create and make a measuring tool this would be a great lesson to add to any weather unit that is hands-on and engaging. Extreme Weather Unit Studying extreme weather on other planets is a very engaging lesson to teach to grades 2-5. It gives the students’ knowledge on weather that we experience on Earth and makes them think beyond that to our whole solar system. They will also be challenged to create their own measuring tools to use on other planets in the solar...
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