Which planet is the brightest in the sky? Detailed answer

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Which planet is the brightest in the sky?

Venus. She is the sorceress of the firmament of heaven. It can be seen even with the naked eye in daylight. It is best seen in the morning or evening sky. Among the stars and other planets, it has no equal in brightness. The disk of Venus is visible even with a small telescope.

The surface of Venus - the closest to the Earth of all the planets - is inaccessible to optical observations, since the planet is shrouded in clouds. Therefore, the vast majority of the physical characteristics of the planet were obtained using radio methods and space research.

The main studies of Venus were carried out by the automatic stations "Venera-4" and "Venera-16" (USSR) in 1967-1983. And in 1985, from the Vega-1 and Vega-2 space stations flying past Venus, balloon probes and landing blocks were dropped into the Venusian atmosphere and landed on the surface of the planet. As a result of research, it was found that the atmosphere of Venus consists mainly of carbon dioxide (96%). It is almost 60 times denser than the Earth's atmosphere. The sun's rays pass (although not completely) through the atmosphere and during the long Venusian day, which lasts 116,8 Earth days, they heat the surface of the planet. Heat rays reflected from the surface are not transmitted by carbon dioxide. Because of this, the surface of Venus and the lower layers of its atmosphere are heated to a high temperature (up to 480 ° C).

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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