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| SENDER | QUESTION | ANSWER |
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6th February 2006 |
Is Venus bigger than Mercury? |
Yes, Venus
is bigger than Mercury. Mercury has a diameter of 4,878 km, Venus has a
diameter of 12,104 km. |
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4th February 2006 |
What is the number of rings around Venus? | There are no rings (or even moons) around Venus. |
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7th December 2005 |
How far is Venus away from
the sun compared to Earth?
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Venus orbits the Sun at an average distance of 108,160,000 kilometres (67,000,000 miles). Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of 149,600,000 kilometres (92,960,000 miles). Although this means there is a distance of over 4 million kilometres between the two planets, they are the two closest planets in the Solar System. |
| 3.
BOB I HAVE HEARD THAT EARTH COULD BECOME ANOTHER VENUS IN LESS THAN
300 YEARS IF HINGS GO REAL BAD. IS THIS POSSIBLE? I GOT THIS STORY FROM AN
ASTRONOMER THANKS FOR AN "ASTONOMICAL"SITE CHRIS EVANS |
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