Word: venusians
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...around Old Sol, it is obvious that the same face of the planet is always turned toward him. In other words, one side has been baked by the sun's heat for countless aeons, while the other is chilled by everlasting night. Indraughts of tremendous power in the Venusian atmosphere must rush from the cold to the hot side, creating a partial vacuum in the center of the illuminated hemisphere, with vast meteorological and electrical disturbances. At intervals of a year and three-fifths Venus and the earth are in conjunction, the orbit of Venus being located about...