Billions of Years Ago, Venus May Have Had a Moon—Which the Planet Promptly Gobbled Up, Study Suggests
Computer models suggest any moon orbiting Venus would have spiraled inward and crashed, leaving the planet moonless today, researcher Stephen Kane said.
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Billions of Years Ago, Venus May Have Had a Moon—Which the Planet Promptly Gobbled Up, Study Suggests
Scientists have puzzled over why the planet dubbed "Earth's twin" doesn't have a moon. Computer simulations hint that if Venus ever did have one, it probably would've cannibalized its companion
Scientist discovers Venus may have swallowed its own moon
Venus may be hiding a dramatic chapter in its ancient history. A new study now suggests that the planet could have once been accompanied by a moon, only for its sluggish rotation to gradually pull the lunar body closer until Venus ultimately swallowed it. The idea offers a possible explanation for why Earth’s planetary neighbor […] Read the original article here: Scientist discovers Venus may have swallowed its own moon
A new study suggests that Venus may have had a moon that eventually collided with the planet. Due to the extremely slow rotation of Venus - one rotation every 243 Earth days - the gravitational interaction would cause the moon to lose orbital energy and gradually spiral to the surface. Simulations show that the process would be inevitable.
A new theory attempts to explain why Venus, the planet most similar to Earth in size and structure, has no natural satellite. According to Reuters, scientists at the University of California, Riverside, argue that Venus' extremely slow rotation would cause any moon that once orbited it to gradually approach […] The article Venus may have "swallowed" its moon appeared first on the Free Press.
Venus and Earth almost resemble twins in size, mass and inner structure – and The post How Venus lost its moon first appeared on Nordic.info.
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