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...periodic radio signals, he thinks, come from "sources" that are clustered predominantly on one side of the planet. The radio waves from the sources are normally reflected back to the planet's surface by ionized layers in the Venusian atmosphere. The only waves that reach outer space are those that travel vertically and are therefore reflected less strongly. In effect, a broad beam of radio waves sweeps around Venus as the planet revolves. Only when the beam points toward the earth is it detected by Dr. Kraus. So the time between the peaks of energy gives Venus' period...
...first interplanetary padre, confronted by an antennaed Martian or fly-eyed Venusian, will hardly know what to say about the Gospel. First he will have to find out how the space creature stands with God: Is he in an unfallen state like Adam and Eve before the apple? Is he fallen but redeemed and, if so, how? Is he under the Lordship of Christ, and should he be baptized...
...took 260 pictures with a filter that excluded all but violet light. Most of them showed six vague light-and-dark bands around the cloudy planet. Dr. Kuiper believes that the bands are connected with the climate zones of Venus, and that therefore they must be parallel to the Venusian equator. The earth has climate zones too, e.g., the cloudy band (the rainy doldrums) around the equator and the clear-aired bands (the dry "horse latitudes") on either side...
...comparing the photographs of faintly banded Venus with parallel lines drawn around a white globe, Dr. Kuiper decided where the Venusian equator must be. This told him the position of the poles and the axis of rotation that passes through them. The axis, he decided, is inclined about 32° from the plane of the ecliptic in which the planets revolve around the sun. Since the earth's inclination is only about 23½°, the seasonal changes of climate on Venus, due to the changing angle of sunlight, may be considerably more pronounced than they are on earth...
...credit of current pulp science fiction writers, they realize that fantasy must have some element of reality. And the best kind of reality is sex. Sometimes spatial experiences draw a Venusian lass and the captain of a space ship to a common understanding. Or an eloped couple find bliss on a planet called, ironically enough, Eros...