Posted on 03/14/2014 10:51:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I guess there could be pockets of gas dense enough here and there
I think Venus is so hot because it rotates so very slowly.
Planets do not have an ‘average’ temperature, they have TWO average temperatures - a day temperature and a night temperature.
Look at the lunar day/night temperatures for the best example of what Earths temperatures would be without rapid rotation and atmosphere.
The rotation on Venus is so slow, that any Ocean would be boiled off during the very long day.
The huge day/night difference will cause enormous storms as the atmosphere seeks to redistribute the heat.
Just as our seasons are caused by the TILT of the Earth, Venus’s hot temperatures are caused by her lack of rotation.
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