Across
- 3. the path that Venus makes as observed from Earth
- 5. when two astronomical objects align themselves together
- 7. an apparent weak illumination of Venus’ dark side
- 9. Venus is placed just to the right of the large cypress tree in this famous painting
- 10. a group of rift zones on the surface of Venus – noted possible hotspot vulcanism location
- 13. visual phenomenon occurring during a transit of Venus ( and Mercury)
- 14. requires 3 things: a conducting liquid, rotation and convection
- 15. a mineral commonly found on the surface of Venus – the result of many volcanoes
Down
- 1. The space probe that mapped the Venusian surface
- 2. all planets ORBIT around the Sun and ROTATE this way – except Venus rotates clockwise
- 4. no natural moons but several trojan asteroids have been discovered around the Venus orbit. Giovanni Cassini reported a moon back in the 17th century – he called it ____.
- 6. almost a thousand of these impact ____ Venus has
- 8. as Venus orbits the sun it displays _____ just as the Moon is observed from Earth to change shape from crescent to gibbous
- 11. aka “coronae” resemble spider webs – features of radial and concentric fractures
- 12. this effect is caused by an intensely thick CO2 atmosphere causing surface temperatures to rise greatly