) How does the surface temperature of Venus compare to surface temperatures on Earth? Why is Venus...
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) How does the surface temperature of Venus compare to surface temperatures on Earth? Why is Venus this temperature? the Earth has an average surface temperature of 14 degrees Celsius, the average temperature of Venus is 460 degrees Celsius. That is roughly 410 degrees hotter than the hottest deserts on our planet. Venus is hotter due to the greenhouse effect: Venus has an atmosphere about ninety times thicker than that of Earth, and made almost entirely of carbon dioxide, which is one of the gasses that causes the greenhouse effect on Earth.
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Authors: Frank Kreith, Raj M. Manglik, Mark S. Bohn
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