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Earth's Sisters Planet Research Paper

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Being Earth's sister planet, Venus can be greatly compared to it. They are similar in most aspects but Venus can be distinct from Earth by its atmosphere. Venus' atmosphere consist of carbon dioxide and a small percentage of nitrogen. Its atmospheric mass is 93 times of that of Earth and its atmospheric pressure is 92 times of that of on Earth's surface. Hence, Venus has an extremely dense atmosphere. The abundance of carbon dioxide and thick clouds of sulfur dioxide is responsible for the greatest greenhouse effect in the Solar System. It causes hot surfaces, even hotter than Mercury, and its minimum surface temperature of 735 K. This temperature does not vary or varies only little between day and night in Venus due to thermal inertia and

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