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Dubbed by mission scientists the first planetary meteorological satellite, Akatsuki was supposed to orbit Venus for two years, using its five cameras operating at ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths to track clouds at different altitudes and watch for venusian lightning.
Japanese spacecraft misses rendezvous with Venus; may try again in six years Dennis Normile 2010
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Dubbed by mission scientists the first planetary meteorological satellite, Akatsuki was supposed to orbit Venus for two years, using its five cameras operating at ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths to track clouds at different altitudes and watch for venusian lightning.
Japanese spacecraft misses rendezvous with Venus; may try again in six years Dennis Normile 2010
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That there is an infinite amount of worthy stuff that "you guys" won't publish because you're too scared by political correctness / the profit motive / your venusian masters?
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There is certainly a great bunch of venusian stuff.
Video of Ray Bradbury’s short story “Usher II” set to Radiohead’s song “Karma Police” Paul 2009
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But since Venus is near the star Sol, the venusian atmosphere can only drop to the temperature at which the insolation is balanced by the radiation to space; which is rather higher than the situation is on Earth.
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But since Venus is near the star Sol, the venusian atmosphere can only drop to the temperature at which the insolation is balanced by the radiation to space; which is rather higher than the situation is on Earth.
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A unnatural white light softly streamed through yellowed and dusty venusian blinds from the streetlight that illuminates the back courtyard of my building.
Archive 2003-03-01 Ed 2003
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The next step will be for Jorn Helbert to build a special laboratory - the Planetary Emissivity Laboratory - at the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, in which a variety of rocks will be heated to venusian temperatures of 500 to 600 degrees Celsius.
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But the venusian atmosphere is so dense that it completely determines the temperature of the planet's surface.
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No one, even in their wildest fantasies is suggesting some sort of venusian run-away temperature spiral.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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