My Trip to Venus

By

Sam Knuth

Why Venus

• I chose Venus as my planet for 3 reasons.

• 1: I chose Venus because it is the most beautiful planet in the solar system.

• 2: It it the most Earth like planet.

• 3: It is the closest planet to Earth.

Transportation

• I will have a ship going at 1 light year a hour.• I will have a tank of water that never runs out

because the tank reproduces the water molecules and makes water.

• The ship will be made out of acid resistant titanium.

• The first layer will be glass because of the acid rain.

• The ship will have adjustable three-legged landing gear because of the rugged surface.

Getting There

• Getting there would only take a couple of hours for two reasons.

• 1: I will be going at 1 light year an hour. The 3 engines are powered by 3 supernovas each. The reason for 3 engines is for balance.

• 2: It is the closest planet to Earth. • Getting through the atmosphere would be tough

because of the asteroids. If they broke through the titanium, I would have to turn back.

The Landing

• The landing was very hard because of the rocky surface and the volcanic eruptions. I was very lucky because my ship did not get damaged.

• I used the three-legged adjustable landing gear to get away from the volcanic eruptions and land balanced.

A Week from a Life on Venus

• I brought lots of food but will not take it outside since the acid rain would destroy it. I won’t eat all the food, but see if it could grow on it’s own.

• I must live in my ship or I would die of the acid rain. I brought 14 pairs of clothes, 7 for normal wear and 7 sturdy and chemical proof lab outfits for conducting experiments.

Experiment

• I will see if people are able to live here. Because of the harsh climate, they would have to live under acid resistant titanium.

• The titanium domes might not work because the volcanoes’ lava would melt them and the rocky surface would not be suitable for construction.

• One solution: I will fill the craters with cement and they will serve as platforms for the buildings and titanium domes.

Wait, There’s More!

• Venus was named after the Roman goddess Venus. She was the goddess of love and beauty.

•The planet Venus was named after that particular goddess because the Rome thought that the planet was the most beautiful in the sky.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Webster’s Millennium 2002 CD – Rom Encyclopedia “http://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/venus.htm”

“http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/plate”

Earth

Venus 

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Table – Comparison of Venus and Earth Parameters

• Parameters Venus Earth

• Mass (1024 kg) 4.869 5.9736

• Volume (1010 km3) 92.843 108.321

• Equatorial radius (km) 6052 6378

• Perihelion (106 km) 107.5 147.1

• Aphelion (106 km) 108.9 152.1

Table – Comparison of Venus and Earth Parameters

VenusEarth

• Polar radius (km) 6052 6356

• Ellipticity 0.0000 0.0034

• Mean density (kg/m3)5204 5520

• Surface gravity (m/s2) 8.87 9.78

• Escape velocity (km/s) 10.36 11.19

• GM (x 106km3/s2) 0.3249 0.3986

• Bond albedo 0.72 0.385

Table – Comparison of Venus and Earth Parameters

Venus Earth

•Orbital parameters

•Semimajor axis (106 km) 108.2 149.6

•Sidereal orbit period (days) 224.701 365.256

•Tropical orbit period (days) 224.695 365.242

Table – Comparison of Venus and Earth Parameters

Venus Earth

• Visual geometric albedo 0.65 0.367

• Visual magnitude V(1,0) -4.40 -3.86

• Solar irradiance (W/m2) 2660 1380

• Black-body temperature (K) 238.9 247.3

• Topographic range (km) 15 20

Table – Comparison of Venus and Earth Parameters

Venus Earth

•Synodic period (days) 583.92 -

•Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 35.02 29.79

•Orbit inclination (deg) 3.4 0.00

•Orbit eccentricity 0.0068 0.0167

•Sidereal rotation period (hrs) 5832.5 23.9345

•Equatorial inclination (deg) 177.3 23.44