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Venus is often referred to as Earth's sister planet. But if this were true, how can the two planets in some respects be so radically different? Well as it turns out, the answer may in fact lie in the planet's geography, or really in the planet's LACK of geography.
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Sources / Further Reading
unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=26466
arstechnica.com/science/2014/04/venus-crust-heals-too-fast-for-plate-tectonics
nature.com/articles/nature13072
earthsky.org/space/venus-map-with-oceans-on-surface-terraforming
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1983LPI....14..171E
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1992LPICo.789..107S
newscenter.lbl.gov/2011/07/17/kamland-geoneutrinos
nature.com/articles/s43017-019-0011-8
https://www.nap.edu/read/25259/chapter/8
Venus is often referred to as Earth's sister planet. But if this were true, how can the two planets in some respects be so radically different? Well as it turns out, the answer may in fact lie in the planet's geography, or really in the planet's LACK of geography.
Support me here: patreon.com/atlaspro
Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro
Sources / Further Reading
unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=26466
arstechnica.com/science/2014/04/venus-crust-heals-too-fast-for-plate-tectonics
nature.com/articles/nature13072
earthsky.org/space/venus-map-with-oceans-on-surface-terraforming
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1983LPI....14..171E
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1992LPICo.789..107S
newscenter.lbl.gov/2011/07/17/kamland-geoneutrinos
nature.com/articles/s43017-019-0011-8
https://www.nap.edu/read/25259/chapter/8
