Planets

July 4, 2024 - Reading time: ~1 minute

Discovery of Neptune

Discovery of Neptune based on irregularity in Uranus orbit shows Newtonian physics is predictive

Questions

• Why can we see Venus from the dark side of earth when its orbit is smaller?

Horrocs Transit of Venus, 1639

Phases of Venus

We never see the full face of Venus, and what we do see changes. Venus is perpetually ahead of us in orbit.

Russian Venera Missions

8 lands on Venus. Photos look real and couldn't be cgi from the 1975. https://www.planetary.org/articles/every-picture-from-venus-surface-ever