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Venus South Polar Vortex
Venus Express infrared observations reveal the complex structure of the planet's south polar atmospheric vortex.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Venus in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Venus Express infrared observations reveal the complex structure of the planet's south polar atmospheric vortex.
Detailed Venus Express observations show that the south polar vortex changes shape while remaining a major feature of atmospheric circulation.
Venus Express detects hydroxyl in Venus's upper atmosphere, the first detection of the molecule in another planet's atmosphere.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Italy and Venus. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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