Venus

Chapter Notes

Examples

Exercises

Learning Objectives

	Summarize Venus’s general orbital and physical properties.
	Explain why Venus is hard to observe from Earth and how we have obtained more detailed knowledge of the planet.
	Compare the surface features and geology of Venus with those of Earth and the Moon.
	Describe the characteristics of Venus’s atmosphere and contrast it with that of Earth.
	Explain why the greenhouse effect has produced conditions on Venus very different from those on Earth.
	Describe Venus’s magnetic field and internal structure.