Talk:Venus

Presence of Phosphine on Venus

The statement "By late October 2020, re-analysis of data with a proper subtraction of background did not result in the detection of phosphine" seems to have now itself been rendered outdated by the original team who has now found a smaller amount of phosphine but still seems to have found phosphine none the less. Maybe amending this section to say the status of phosphine is still uncertain considering the multiple contradictory analyses of the atmosphere are now available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmesco17 (talk • contribs)

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Clarification on atmospheric influence on Venus' rotation

Hello, I would like to point out a possible innacuracy in the introduction, paragraph 2:

   “The rotation of Venus has been slowed and turned against its orbital direction (retrograde) by the currents and drag of its atmosphere.”

After reviewing the cited source [23] "Atmospheric dynamics of a near tidally locked Earth-sized planet" (Nature Astronomy, 2022), it appears that the paper discusses atmospheric torque influencing Venus' rotation rate, but does not state that the atmosphere reversed the planet’s spin direction.

To my knowledge, current scientific consensus attributes the retrograde rotation to a combination of early impacts, tidal interactions, and possibly atmospheric effects — but not atmospheric drag alone.

I would like to propose the following revision for improved accuracy:

   “Venus' rotation has been influenced by the drag of its dense atmosphere, which slows its rotation and prevents tidal locking with the Sun. The planet's retrograde rotation is thought to result from a combination of atmospheric dynamics, tidal interactions, and early impacts.” 

Reference: The four final rotation states of Venus

--Crok29 (talk) 17:09, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2025

4th sentence in the article - "It's atmosphere is composed of mostly carbon dioxide [...]" - contains an error. "It's" is a conjunction and should be the possessive pronoun "Its". MrFlark (talk) 02:36, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

 Already done jlwoodwa (talk) 04:13, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

Off centered Image

I know all of you like the fact that the image has roughly true colours. I get that. But, we have to draw the line somewhere. Why do you all want an image showing practically no detail AND has cropped off a major piece of it. I know Venus does not have the most visible detail, but it has some. Informing And Uniting (talk) 21:39, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

True color shows practically no detail. This has the benefit that no information is lost by occluding some of the planetary disc. Articles don't have to be illustrated according to images of exactly the same character, what matters are principles (e.g. the planet looks as it would through a telescope). This isn't the first time this has been discussed, so hopefully those questions weren't fully rhetorical. Remsense ‥ 论 21:49, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

That is but one of my points. Could you not at the VERY LEAST find a true color image that is not cropped very poorley? Informing And Uniting (talk) 21:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

It's not "cropped poorly", that's the frame picked up by MESSENGER's sensor. I find it charming and an "action shot" unlike the others. It's nice to have variety like that. Remsense ‥ 论 21:54, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Well I think that whether something is charming, is not as important as actual quality. Informing And Uniting (talk) 21:59, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

You don't get to unilaterally decide your subjective preferences matter more, or that you have the best solution over the outstanding objections of others. "Stop edit warring" meant "stop edit warring", so please self-revert, and be mindful of WP:3RR. Remsense ‥ 论 22:00, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

there, I reverted. Happy now? Informing And Uniting (talk) 22:01, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I genuinely appreciate it. Remsense ‥ 论 22:02, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. I hate it. Informing And Uniting (talk) 22:03, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Answer, you biased jerk. Informing And Uniting (talk) 22:14, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Sometimes other people in your life need to use the restroom and such things. I hope in the future you don't treat others so fickle. Remsense ‥ 论 22:28, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Why do you think everyone automatically likes your opinion? Hmmm? Informing And Uniting (talk) 22:30, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Also who says anyone agreed to your Preference that charming is better? Hmmm? Informing And Uniting (talk) 22:02, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Also what are the odds that I changed Jin Dynasty, then when I actually tried to make a page better, you also stopped it. Informing And Uniting (talk) 22:04, 28 April 2025 (UTC)