Venus's atmosphere composed of about 96.5% carbon dioxide, with clouds primarily made of sulfuric acid droplets. Unlike Earth, which maintains surface liquid water and a nitrogen-dominated atmosphere that supports life, Venus lacks stable liquid water and has only trace amounts of nitrogen, resulting in an uninhabitable surface environment. Unlike Earth and Mars, which both possess natural satellites, Venus has no moons.
One leading framework for moon formation suggests that moons can arise from debris disks produced by large impacts during a planet’s early history, or from material captured or co-accreted within a planet’s gravitational influence. Venus’s lack of moons may be related to its slow retrograde rotation period of about 243 Earth days and its surface gravity, which is approximately 90% that of Earth’s.
Venus’s extreme axial tilt of about 177°, which results in retrograde rotation, is thought to be the outcome of major impacts or long-term gravitational interactions rather than the absence of tidal stabilization by a large moon. This orientation contributes to Venus’s prolonged solar day, which lasts about 116.75 Earth days.
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Venus's atmosphere composed of about 96.5% carbon dioxide, with clouds primarily made of sulfuric acid droplets. Unlike Earth, which maintains surface liquid water and a nitrogen-dominated atmosphere that supports life, Venus lacks stable liquid water and has only trace amounts of nitrogen, resulting in an uninhabitable surface environment. Unlike Earth and Mars, which both possess natural satellites, Venus has no moons.
One leading framework for moon formation suggests that moons can arise from debris disks produced by large impacts during a planet’s early history, or from material captured or co-accreted within a planet’s gravitational influence. Venus’s lack of moons may be related to its slow retrograde rotation period of about 243 Earth days and its surface gravity, which is approximately 90% that of Earth’s.
Venus’s extreme axial tilt of about 177°, which results in retrograde rotation, is thought to be the outcome of major impacts or long-term gravitational interactions rather than the absence of tidal stabilization by a large moon. This orientation contributes to Venus’s prolonged solar day, which lasts about 116.75 Earth days.
Visualisation of Venus — by iGadgetPro
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