All Entries in the "Terrestrial planet" Category
Venus
Venus is covered with thick clouds that create a greenhouse effect that makes it very hot. Venus has no moons. Diameter: 12,100 km. It is about 1040km smaller in diameter than Earth Temperature: Ranges from 900F+/- 50F (about 500°C +/- 32°C) at the surface Distance from Earth: At its closest, Venus is 41,840,000 km away* [...]
admin | May 18, 2011 | Comments 0
Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest planet in the(0.055 Earth masses). Mercury has no natural satellites, and its only known geological features besides impact craters are lobed ridges or rupes, probably produced by a period of contraction early in its history. Mercury’s almost negligible atmosphere consists of atoms blasted off [...]
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