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Talk:Venus

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Venusian history[edit]

Topic for suitably minded/knowledgeable person - the geological history of Venus (Venerological/Aphritologiclal...) - from normal-for-locality-and-size rocky planet to the present form. Was there any point in Venus' past when the process of global warming-turned planetary melting could have been stopped ('carbon munching bacteria' or 'bizarre catalytic converter substance which produces gunk which can be turned into oil' (using local oxygen, hydrogen and sulphur etc seem vaguely plausible SF devices 212.85.6.26 (talk) 17:10, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Ask here.--ZooGuard (talk) 17:15, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

brightness[edit]

Is it as bright as the ISS? Also isn't Jupiter the 2nd brightest in the night sky, as Venus is more a twilight star?Civic CatTalk to Civic Cat 17:13, 9 October 2013 (UTC)