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... Venus is between the Earth and the Sun ) . At superior conjunction ( when Venus lies almost behind the Sun ) , the disk of Venus is fully il- luminated as seen from the Earth ; it is then about 160 , - 000,000 miles ( 256,000,000 ...
... Venus is between the Earth and the Sun ) . At superior conjunction ( when Venus lies almost behind the Sun ) , the disk of Venus is fully il- luminated as seen from the Earth ; it is then about 160 , - 000,000 miles ( 256,000,000 ...
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Figure 1 : Enhanced photographs of Venus taken from the Pioneer Venus orbiter using ultraviolet light . The distinct patterns tend to repeat at four - day intervals , which was the original evidence for the existence of winds blowing ...
Figure 1 : Enhanced photographs of Venus taken from the Pioneer Venus orbiter using ultraviolet light . The distinct patterns tend to repeat at four - day intervals , which was the original evidence for the existence of winds blowing ...
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... Venus stratosphere . A nearly isothermal ( constant temperature ) region then extends from about 85 to 110 kilometres . Above this level lies the Venus ther- mosphere , the region of heating by absorption of very shortwave ultraviolet ...
... Venus stratosphere . A nearly isothermal ( constant temperature ) region then extends from about 85 to 110 kilometres . Above this level lies the Venus ther- mosphere , the region of heating by absorption of very shortwave ultraviolet ...
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