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The polar _atmosphere_ is colder than expected[1]. According to Wikipedia, the coldest point on the surface is 380 degrees C. https://sci.esa.int/web/venus-exp

• rowanseymour 6y ago
  Ah ok that makes more sense... 380C is still pretty toasty.
  • kavi87 6y ago
    It's 2 or 3 times what we use for "sterilization", if there's life it really loves the extreme
    • gowld 6y ago
      That's not quite how degree-based scales work. In Kelvin we see it's about 1.5x as hot. Or if you look at distance from "comfy" (25 C) to "dead" it's about 3x as far as dead from comfy so the conclusion still works .
      • sergeykish 6y ago
        I think the comparison was to 0..100C - liquid water on Earth surface. Boiling point depends on atmospheric pressure. On Venus (93 bar) melting point is about 0C [1] and it boils at 305.6C. Interestingly under pressure "water becomes less polar and behaves more like an organic solvent such as methanol or ethanol" [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_melting_point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_melting_point [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheated_water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheated_water