Is there present volcanic or seismic activity on the planet?
• Why Venus rotates backwards and so slowly, just one revolution every 243 Earth days? • Why is the planet’s magnetic field so weak? What can the study of Venus bring to our everyday life on Earth? Comparative planetology can bring a lot to our understanding of Earth and our environment. Venus and Earth could have been expected to be similar (and may have been in their early histories), but we do not know why they evolved so differently. If their atmospheres were very similar in the beiginning, then obviously something changed on Earth or on Venus, but we do not know what or when. Moreover, the ‘greenhouse effect’ alone cannot account for today’s extreme conditions on Venus. Most importantly, the combined knowledge of structures, chemistry and dynamics of planetary atmospheres, such as Venus, Mars and Titan, will help in better understanding Earth’s atmosphere and improving our climate models. What makes Venus Express special? Venus Express is special because it aims to study the Venus
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- Is there present volcanic or seismic activity on the planet?
