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Mercury and VenusPlanetary Astrophysics
AST6112, Fall 2013University of Florida
11/18/2013Instructor: Sourav Chatterjee
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Interesting Facts
• The only two planets interior to Earth’s orbit
• Only two planets known to transit the Sun as seen from the Earth
• Only visible during day, dawn, or dusk
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Venus Orbit and Transits
• As seen from the Earth:
• transits every 243 years in a pair separated by ~8 years
• Earth-Venus close to 8:13 and 243:395 period ratio
• transit duration ~ hours
• transits of this century 2004 and 2012
• Orbital period ~ 225 day
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2012 Venus TransitHubble Space Telescope also transiting!
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2004 Venus TransitInternational Space Station is also transiting!
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Mercury Orbit and Transits
• As seen from the Earth:
• transits during two seasons: May or November
• May transits can be separated by 13 or 33 years
• November transits can be separated by 7, 13, or 33 years
• Mercury is near aphelion during May and perihelion during November
• Orbital period ~ 88 day
• Mean Solar day ~ 176 days (see Table 1.1, 1.2 in dP&L)
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2006 Mercury transit
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Mercury Temperature Variance
• Equatorial: 100 K (night) to 700 K (day)
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Properties of Venus
Orbital Dataa = 0.723 AUP = 224.7 dayse = 0.007tilted by 3.39ºMost circular orbit
among the planets.
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Properties of Venus
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Planetary DataRadius: 6052 km
–(0.949 REarth)Mass: 0.815 MEarth
Rotation: 243.02 days–Retrograde!
Axis Tilt: 177.4º–Upside down!
Properties of Venus
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Retrograde Rotation
Venus has a slow, retrograde (east-to-west) rotation.– Rotation Period is 243 days– This is surprisingly slow!
Possible Causes:– Tidal interaction between Venus, Sun, & Earth with
complex braking by the atmosphere.– Massive glancing impact virtually de-spinning Venus
and making it go slowly backwards.No magnetic field
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Venus’ Atmosphere
Composition:– 96% Carbon Dioxide (CO2)– 3.5% N2
– 0.15% Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)– <0.1% Water Vapor (bone dry!)
Surface Pressure: 90 atmospheres – Like the ocean at a depth of ~1 km!
Surface Temperature: uniform 750 K (891º F)
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Atmospheres of Earth & Venus
Earth:–Warm, light, moist, N2 & O2 atmosphere
Venus:–Hot, heavy, very dry CO2 atmosphere
Why so different?
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Compositional GradientsVenus and Earth should be made of the same stuff
Methane, Carbon Dioxide
Water Ice
Silicates (Rocks)
Iron
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Cooling Time
Atmosphere
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Artist’s conception of Venus in 1918
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Sulfuric Acid Clouds
The clouds of Venus are not water vapor clouds like on Earth:–Mostly droplets of Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4).–Form a thick layer between 48 & 58 km altitude
Lower atmosphere and surface are clear below the H2SO4 cloud deck.
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Spacecraft VisitsFlybys: Mariner & Pioneer satellites (1962)Landers:
–Venera 7 (1970 - USSR) - first soft landingAtmospheric Probes:
–Pioneer Venus (US: 1978)–Vega 1 & 2 balloon probes (USSR: 1985)
Orbiters:–Venera 15 & 16 (USSR: 1983)–Magellan (US: 1990-1994)–Venus Express (ESA: 2005-2006)
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The Surface of VenusVenera 14, 1982 (lasted 60 minutes)
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Artist’s conception of the surface of Venus
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What Went Wrong?
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Venus
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Equilibrium Temperature at Venus
Warm, but reasonable.
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Equilibrium Temperature at Venus
Warm, but reasonable.
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Why Is Venus So Hot?
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Why Is Venus So Hot?
Venus is so hot (750K) because of the greenhouse effect:
–Hot, heavy CO2 atmosphere
–Heat trapping makes Venus 500K hotter than it would be with no atmosphere.
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Early Atmospheres Similar
Volatiles from outer solar system
Nearly the same amount of CO2 on Earth & Venus–On Venus, CO2 is in the atmosphere–On Earth, CO2 is locked up on rocks
Likely had a similar amount of water
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Hotter temperatures allow more water in atmosphere
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Runaway Greenhouse Effectslightly closer distance leads to a runaway greenhouse effect
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Venus has very little water
Because Venus is so hot, water stays as a vapor
Water vapor gets broken into H2 and O by UV photons.
H2 escapes into space
Water is constantly removed
This makes Venus extremely dry today!
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Evidence for Water on Venus
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Oxygen Airglow
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Water: a CO2 Sink
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Water: a CO2 Sink
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Venus Unveiled
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Magellan Radar Mapper (1990-1994)
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The Surface of Venus
Terrain:– ~85% rolling plains– ~15% highland plateaus & mountain belts
Highlands are concentrated into two regions:– Ishtar Terra– Aphrodite Terra
Also see impact craters, volcanoes, and other geological features.
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Ishtar Terra
Aphrodite Terra
Venus Surface Topography
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Impact Crater (Danilova)
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Impact CratersOnly ~1000 impact craters are seen on Venus:
–Randomly scattered around the surface.–None < 3 km across (no meteors <30m across)–~80% of the surface has been repaved in the last 500
Myr.Two competing ideas:
–Craters get very quickly filled in by volcanism.–Catastrophic volcanic repaving of the entire surface ~500
Myr ago.
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Pancake Domes
Corona
Small VolcanicFeatures
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Volcanism & Geologic Activity
Volcanoes are a common terrain feature:–None in chains, suggesting no plate tectonics–Are some volcanoes active today??
Tectonics, but not plate tectonics:–High temperatures makes the crustal rock soft.–Upwelling of material from the mantle.–Downwelling causing compression.
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Venus & Earth
Volcanic & tectonic repaving:– Earth: on-going process– Venus: most repaving occurred ~500 Myr ago
Tectonic activity is different:– Earth: lateral recycling by sliding motions of tectonic
plates.– Venus: vertical recycling via upwelling & downwelling.
Lack of plate tectonics on Venus?– May be related to lack of water in Venus’ crust
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Key Ideas:
In many ways Venus “should” be similar to Earth – Nearly the same size & mass– Has an atmosphere – Equilibrium temperature would support liquid water
Venus has a hot, heavy CO2 atmosphere with very little water. The surface temperature of Venus is 743 K (878º F)! What went wrong?
– No carbon dioxide sink– Probably lost all of its water in a ‘runaway greenhouse’
Venus has implications for the range of habitability
Retrograde rotation: tides or late-stage impact? The surface of Venus is ~500 million years old
– No large-scale plate tectonics– Entire surface repaved by large-scale volcanic activity?
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Concept TestToday, Venus has a thick atmosphere that keeps the surface very hot and has result in Venus losing most of its water.However, we believe that Venus and Earth were once quite similar. Why is Venus’s atmosphere mostly of carbon dioxide and much thicker that Earth’s? A.Because Venus was closer to the Sun, more carbon dioxide was able to condense out of the protoplanetary nebula.B.Because Venus was closer to the Sun, less water was able to condense out of the protoplanetary nebula.C.Because Venus was less massive than the Earth, it retained a larger fraction of its initial carbon dioxide than water.D.On Earth, most of the carbon dioxide dissolved into the oceans and became incorporated into rocks.E.On Earth, the giant collision that created the moon removed most of the Earth’s carbon dioxide.
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