Why is Venus hotter than Mercury?

[odanny]

Mainly because Mercury has no atmosphere, and Venus has a runaway greenhouse effect, with its atmosphere being 97% carbon dioxide. It may have had water before, but those oceans would have turned to steam, contributing to the greenhouse effect. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.




Convection is the transfer of heat energy in a fluid and a planet’s atmosphere acts like a fluid. Warm air rising and cold water sinking when it’s added to a bathtub of hot water are examples of convection.

Venus’s atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen and less than 1% each of carbon monoxide, argon, sulfur dioxide, and water vapor. The atmosphere is so dense that it would feel like walking through water and the atmospheric pressure on Venus’s surface is over 90 times that of Earth’s.

Carbon dioxide absorbs energy at a variety of wavelengths between 2,000 and 15,000 nanometers, which corresponds to infrared energy. As the carbon dioxide soaks up infrared energy, it vibrates and re-emits the infrared energy back in all directions. Energy easily enters Venus’s atmosphere as visible light but can’t leave as infrared energy. Atmospheric convection means that Venus’s temperature is constant across all latitudes and the planet doesn’t cool down at night.

This atmospheric convection is responsible for the runaway greenhouse effect that envelops the entire planet, keeping it incredibly hot at all times.

Why is Venus Hotter Than Mercury? - StarLust

It would make sense that the closer an object is to the Sun, the hotter it would be. So why is Venus hotter than Mercury?

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[BackAgain]

Sexier porn.

 

[Esdraelon]

An Den? An What?

 

[fncceo]

Why is Venus hotter than Mercury?​

Venutians driving SUVs?

 

[BackAgain]

Venutians driving SUVs?

Those bastiges.

 

[toobfreak]

Why is Venus hotter than Mercury?​

Because that is where all the old democrats go to retire?

Seriously, thanks for the 6th grade science lesson!

 

[westwall]

Mainly because Mercury has no atmosphere, and Venus has a runaway greenhouse effect, with its atmosphere being 97% carbon dioxide. It may have had water before, but those oceans would have turned to steam, contributing to the greenhouse effect. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.




Convection is the transfer of heat energy in a fluid and a planet’s atmosphere acts like a fluid. Warm air rising and cold water sinking when it’s added to a bathtub of hot water are examples of convection.

Venus’s atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen and less than 1% each of carbon monoxide, argon, sulfur dioxide, and water vapor. The atmosphere is so dense that it would feel like walking through water and the atmospheric pressure on Venus’s surface is over 90 times that of Earth’s.

Carbon dioxide absorbs energy at a variety of wavelengths between 2,000 and 15,000 nanometers, which corresponds to infrared energy. As the carbon dioxide soaks up infrared energy, it vibrates and re-emits the infrared energy back in all directions. Energy easily enters Venus’s atmosphere as visible light but can’t leave as infrared energy. Atmospheric convection means that Venus’s temperature is constant across all latitudes and the planet doesn’t cool down at night.

This atmospheric convection is responsible for the runaway greenhouse effect that envelops the entire planet, keeping it incredibly hot at all times.

Why is Venus Hotter Than Mercury? - StarLust

It would make sense that the closer an object is to the Sun, the hotter it would be. So why is Venus hotter than Mercury?

starlust.org

No, it's NOT a runaway greenhouse effect, you ignorant fool. It has an atmosphere that is 96% CO2 which means the atmosphere is dense as hell. It's the Ideal Gas Laws that govern the temperature, not some idiocy like runaway greenhouse gases.

Sheesh. Take a damned science class!

 

[westwall]

Because that is where all the old democrats go to retire?

Seriously, thanks for the 6th grade science lesson!

Which is wrong!

 

[Nate99]

Greenhouse effect.

 

[toobfreak]

Which is wrong!

True dat. Venus is mainly hot not because of the CO2 but because the atmosphere is about 90X denser and so thick and clouded that nearly all energy from the sun is absorbed and trapped. Throw in intense volcanism along with an increasingly bright and hot Sun and I doubt Venus would be in a good way no matter what the level of CO2 was.

 

[jackflash]

Mainly because Mercury has no atmosphere, and Venus has a runaway greenhouse effect, with its atmosphere being 97% carbon dioxide. It may have had water before, but those oceans would have turned to steam, contributing to the greenhouse effect. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.




Convection is the transfer of heat energy in a fluid and a planet’s atmosphere acts like a fluid. Warm air rising and cold water sinking when it’s added to a bathtub of hot water are examples of convection.

Venus’s atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen and less than 1% each of carbon monoxide, argon, sulfur dioxide, and water vapor. The atmosphere is so dense that it would feel like walking through water and the atmospheric pressure on Venus’s surface is over 90 times that of Earth’s.

Carbon dioxide absorbs energy at a variety of wavelengths between 2,000 and 15,000 nanometers, which corresponds to infrared energy. As the carbon dioxide soaks up infrared energy, it vibrates and re-emits the infrared energy back in all directions. Energy easily enters Venus’s atmosphere as visible light but can’t leave as infrared energy. Atmospheric convection means that Venus’s temperature is constant across all latitudes and the planet doesn’t cool down at night.

This atmospheric convection is responsible for the runaway greenhouse effect that envelops the entire planet, keeping it incredibly hot at all times.

Why is Venus Hotter Than Mercury? - StarLust

It would make sense that the closer an object is to the Sun, the hotter it would be. So why is Venus hotter than Mercury?

starlust.org

Same reason that Candace Owens is HOTTER than Pillary Clintoon?

 

[SweetSue92]

Mainly because Mercury has no atmosphere, and Venus has a runaway greenhouse effect, with its atmosphere being 97% carbon dioxide. It may have had water before, but those oceans would have turned to steam, contributing to the greenhouse effect. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.




Convection is the transfer of heat energy in a fluid and a planet’s atmosphere acts like a fluid. Warm air rising and cold water sinking when it’s added to a bathtub of hot water are examples of convection.

Venus’s atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen and less than 1% each of carbon monoxide, argon, sulfur dioxide, and water vapor. The atmosphere is so dense that it would feel like walking through water and the atmospheric pressure on Venus’s surface is over 90 times that of Earth’s.

Carbon dioxide absorbs energy at a variety of wavelengths between 2,000 and 15,000 nanometers, which corresponds to infrared energy. As the carbon dioxide soaks up infrared energy, it vibrates and re-emits the infrared energy back in all directions. Energy easily enters Venus’s atmosphere as visible light but can’t leave as infrared energy. Atmospheric convection means that Venus’s temperature is constant across all latitudes and the planet doesn’t cool down at night.

This atmospheric convection is responsible for the runaway greenhouse effect that envelops the entire planet, keeping it incredibly hot at all times.

Why is Venus Hotter Than Mercury? - StarLust

It would make sense that the closer an object is to the Sun, the hotter it would be. So why is Venus hotter than Mercury?

starlust.org

Venus may be hot, but she is also chill. Well, at least how Holst rendered her. God bless him.

 

[justoffal]

No, it's NOT a runaway greenhouse effect, you ignorant fool. It has an atmosphere that is 96% CO2 which means the atmosphere is dense as hell. It's the Ideal Gas Laws that govern the temperature, not some idiocy like runaway greenhouse gases.

Sheesh. Take a damned science class!

Glad you said it...I could hardly believe what I was reading in the top post until I realized it was authored by the poster himself. The bit about infrared energy being redispersed was particularly amusing until I found the source which added the rest of the explanation that the infrared energy is converted to heat.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Mainly because Mercury has no atmosphere, and Venus has a runaway greenhouse effect, with its atmosphere being 97% carbon dioxide. It may have had water before, but those oceans would have turned to steam, contributing to the greenhouse effect. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.




Convection is the transfer of heat energy in a fluid and a planet’s atmosphere acts like a fluid. Warm air rising and cold water sinking when it’s added to a bathtub of hot water are examples of convection.

Venus’s atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen and less than 1% each of carbon monoxide, argon, sulfur dioxide, and water vapor. The atmosphere is so dense that it would feel like walking through water and the atmospheric pressure on Venus’s surface is over 90 times that of Earth’s.

Carbon dioxide absorbs energy at a variety of wavelengths between 2,000 and 15,000 nanometers, which corresponds to infrared energy. As the carbon dioxide soaks up infrared energy, it vibrates and re-emits the infrared energy back in all directions. Energy easily enters Venus’s atmosphere as visible light but can’t leave as infrared energy. Atmospheric convection means that Venus’s temperature is constant across all latitudes and the planet doesn’t cool down at night.

This atmospheric convection is responsible for the runaway greenhouse effect that envelops the entire planet, keeping it incredibly hot at all times.

Why is Venus Hotter Than Mercury? - StarLust

It would make sense that the closer an object is to the Sun, the hotter it would be. So why is Venus hotter than Mercury?

starlust.org

Atmospheric density

Why didn't CO2 level off when the world economy was shut in 2020 and 2021?

Doubling CO2 from 250 to 500PPM has absolutely no measurable effect on temperature, maybe out in three decimal places, like .001F

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Glad you said it...I could hardly believe what I was reading in the top post until I realized it was authored by the poster himself. The bit about infrared energy being redispersed was particularly amusing.

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From the party of "Duuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........

the science".

Like that Fauxi guy.

And that Gore guy.

And that Swedish twat.

Oh, and don't forget the Doctor/God himself, Gates!

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[luiza]

I want to know why Venus ( and also Uranus) spin the "wrong" way -retrograde motion . I do not want to believe in past collision theories or specific Sun causes . How about it being artifical and towed in as a Dyson Sphere? With the Hollow Moon being a later addition ? Far more interesting than soppy party politics, imo .

 

[justoffal]

Atmospheric density

Why didn't CO2 level off when the world economy was shut in 2020 and 2021?

Doubling CO2 from 250 to 500PPM has absolutely no measurable effect on temperature, maybe out in three decimal places, like .001F

Yeah it's far more likely that the CO2 ppm is being driven by ocean temp and not the other way around....meaning that we don't actually know why we are warming.

 

[Votto]

True dat. Venus is mainly hot not because of the CO2 but because the atmosphere is about 90X denser and so thick and clouded that nearly all energy from the sun is absorbed and trapped. Throw in intense volcanism along with an increasingly bright and hot Sun and I doubt Venus would be in a good way no matter what the level of CO2 was.

Nope

Putin done it

Besides, January 6th

 

[odanny]

The stupidity in these replies is amusing, thanks everyone.

 

[miketx]

I want to know why Venus ( and also Uranus) spin the "wrong" way -retrograde motion . I do not want to believe in past collision theories or specific Sun causes . How about it being artifical and towed in as a Dyson Sphere? With the Hollow Moon being a later addition ? Far more interesting than soppy party politics, imo .

It's not a Dyson sphere. A Dyson sphere has a star at its center. Plus, they are artificial. Venus is hotter because of it's thick CO2 atmosphere.