Friday, February 21, 2025

Which Planets Are Hot, Which Planets Are Cold?

Back to basics with this cute little visual (the Sun is about 10,000º F, and about 5,600º C).

7 comments:

Darayvus said...

I dislike these charts on account we're talking about Venus below its atmosphere, a courtesy not provided the gas or ice giants.
Venus should be treated as a Sudarsky II watercloud-giant but a lot smaller. The atmosphere is acid rather than water so rides a little lower, but still well above the surface.
Our colonies there would be floaters where the atmosphere is temperate, if only plant-breathable.

neo said...

@dar will nasa ever send permanent air balloon in venus and take photos like mars rover

andrew said...

Somebody probably will, but whether NASA will depends a lot upon the fate of the USA which is hanging in the balance at the moment.

neo said...

I would like to see Venus atmosphere livestream, similar to Spirit picture of Mars, plus any microbial life in the Venutian atmosphere from a permanent solar panel solar powered floating balloon in the upper atmosphere. pictures of clouds and the sun and sky. before i die.

andrew said...

The longer you live the more likely it is that this will happen. It isn't technologically infeasible.

neo said...

The longer you live the more likely it is that this will happen. i had a heart attack :/

andrew said...

@neo :(