Mercury: Rocky, Gray Planet

The air is not breathable by humans! Venus's atmosphere also contains traces of extra compounds and elements, such as neon, argon, carbon monoxide, and helium. Atmospheric pressure is over 90 times heavier than that of Earth; sheer crushing power. Clouds of sulfuric acid lay above a layer of carbon dioxide near the crust. These sulfuric clouds block most Muggle attempts to see Venus. On Venus, the climate changes all the time, from an extremely cold temperature to an extremely hot one. The temperature ranges from -364 to 870 degrees Fahrenheit. Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System, and yet it is Mercury that is the closest planet to the Sun, Venus being second in

For my vacation, my family has chosen to go to Venus. This our first year traveling outside of earth so we chose a planet close. Venus is covered with a thick layer of sulfuric acid which will be a blast to land into but on the inside Venus is solid. Venus shines super bright and has orangish yellow tint. The overall look of Venus is dreary and the gas covers the area with a goldish hue and everything looks like gunmetal. Venus is VERY hot, it temperature reaches to about 870 degrees Fahrenheit! On top of the scorching heat the Atmospheric pressure is bone crushing and highly dense.Venus is about 0.72 light years away from the Sun and blank light years from Earth. Venus is very much like earth and not very much like earth. Venus is about the same size as earth

Mercury is also the smallest planet in our solar system, it is slightly larger than Earth’s moon in fact. Astronomers think about 4 billion years ago an asteroid roughly 60 miles (100 kilometers) wide hit Mercury with an impact equal to 1 trillion leaving a vast impact crater. The crater is known as Caloris Basin and the crater can hold the whole state of Texas. In 2012 NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft discovered that there are water ice in the craters in the north pole on Mercury. The north pole on Mercury may be shaded permanently from the sun, that's why the water ice can be there. The south pole on Mercury may have also contained water ice but the MESSENGERS orbit didn’t allow scientists to probe the area. Scientists think that comets or meteorites may have delivered the water ice there. Even though Mercury is already really small it continues to shrink today. Mercury is made up of a single continental plate over a cooling iron core. When the core cools, it solidifies, reducing the planet’s volume which causes Mercury to shrink and get even

Mercury is the closes to the sun and Venus is 2nd close to the sun. Mercury and Venus are inter planets that means they are two of the 4 inter planets. They are not made of gas that is only the outer planets are the only ones that can be made of gas. Venus earth's closest neighbor in the solar system. Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon, and sometimes looks like a bright star in the morning or evening sky but I have never seen it before. Mercury is named for the ancient Roman god of trade and profit the roman people believed in many

The atmosphere on Venus is composed of mostly Carbon dioxide with small amounts of nitrogen and sulphuric acid. This composition causes a runaway greenhouse gas effect that makes the planet even hotter than Mercury, despite the fact that Mercury is much closer to the sun. The air on Venus is incredibly dense due to the Nitrogen content, which, whilst admittedly is only a small part of the atmospheric composition, is at least four times the amount on Earth. This Atmospheric composition therefore creates a thick layer of

Venus's atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide. Nitrogen and clouds of sulfuric acid are also there. Nitrogen makes up three fourths of the atmosphere. This causes a greenhouse gas effect that heats the planet, making it even hotter than Mercury. Venus's clouds also shield the planet. Venus has wind speeds of up to 224 mph, keeping Venus's clouds in constant motion. The planet spins very slowly, only once every 243 Earth days, but the clouds circle the planet every four days. On Venus the sun's light rays usually fail to get through Venus's thick atmosphere. That means that Venus's temperature changes a lot from night to day. Venus's clouds appear to be white or yellow. That is why Venus's atmosphere and climate is the way it

One of these terrestrial planets, Mercury is the topic of the next section. Mercury, one of the smallest planets, has a surface similar to that of a moon because it is cratered with some smoother areas. However, it is distinct from the moon in that the plains are the same color as the cratered areas. Mercury

Venus: extremely hot climate caused by carbon dioxide atmosphere trapping heat in; intense pressure has destroyed all probes that have visited the surface of the planet

Venus’s atmosphere is incredibly dense and has 200,000 times more carbon dioxide than Earth. Venus is also closer to the Sun at approximately 108 kilometers from it. Due to this the atmosphere captures more of the rays from the sun and the extreme amounts of carbon traps tons of heat to push back to the planet. Venus feels the effects with an approximate constant of 850 degrees fahrenheit every where.  

Mercury is a rocky planet which is rough in appearance, due to the fact that it was heavily cratered and is covered in boulders and dust. It was discovered by the Messenger probe in 2008, that Mercury looks very similar to a moon in terms of appearance. Mercury, named so for the Roman god of thievery, mostly appears white and grey (Like Earth’s moon, Luna) when spotted, but with the right filters applied, it can appear light blue and light orange, with streaks of darker blue and darker orange throughout. Similar to Earth’s moon, Mercury always keeps one side (the same side) turned towards the sun at all times. Mercury has no atmosphere, and thus so, is not protected from the sun’s rays, causing the temperature on Mercury to swing anywhere from 90 degrees to 700 degrees Kelvin, which could result in Mercury’s dusty and

Venus is very similar to Earth in terms of size and structure. Its atmosphere is thoroughly inhospitable however due to a runaway greenhouse effect.

Mercury has nearly no atmosphere, Mercury does however have an exosphere. An exosphere is a thin layer of atoms blasted off its surface by solar flares and striking micrometeoroids. Inside of this thin exosphere there has been no wind erosions of the surface. Seeing as Mercury has

Scientists examined the Venusian atmosphere and found out that above the clouds the temperature is about 13oC, in contrast, at the surface of Venus the temperature gets as high as 465oC. It is believed that the principle cause of the extreme surface temperature is the consequence abundant carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Scientists concluded that Venusian atmosphere undergoes greenhouse effect. In essence, the heat delivered from the Sun enter the atmosphere and is radiated out, then again, it does not leave the atmosphere due to its heavy clouds that impede it from such. For this reason, Venus’ surface temperature is higher than that on Mercury – higher than any other planet! – leaving no chance of life.

Venus is the 2nd planet from the Sun. Venus' reflective nature and close proximity to Earth are major factors in it's being one of the brightest objects in the sky after the Sun and Earth's moon. It is often referred to as

The atmosphere of Venus made up of 98% carbon dioxide and 2% Nitrogen. This atmosphere also has the presence of helium, neon and argon. This is yet another thing which makes Venus different from Earth.