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The winds on Venus' surface are actually pretty tame ("light breeze", 1 Beaufort, 0.5 to 1 m/s) [1]. Problem is, that even this very slight wind packs a conside
by qayxc 5y ago
The winds on Venus' surface are actually pretty tame ("light breeze", 1 Beaufort, 0.5 to 1 m/s) [1]. Problem is, that even this very slight wind packs a considerable punch at 92 bars of pressure and is comparable to a category 4 hurricane on Earth in terms of power (i.e. it would roughly translate to about 90 m/s; 325 km/h; 200 mph on Earth).
[1] https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.ht...