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Venus is ~100 million kilometers from the sun, Earth about 150 million km. No matter of greenhouse gases is going to compensate for that difference in radiation
by nikanj 6y ago
Venus is ~100 million kilometers from the sun, Earth about 150 million km. No matter of greenhouse gases is going to compensate for that difference in radiation heating.
Because radiation dissipates to the distance squared, we get around 40-50% of the heating Venus does.
- perl4ever 6y agoYou may be right in your conclusion, but your logic seems like it would imply Venus can't be hotter than Mercury, either?