Jakarta –
Land It is not the only planet that has volcanoes. Other planets have it too, even Venus, which is often called the Earth’s twin, has it volcano up to thousands of them.
“If you look at the Solar System, it turns out that volcanoes aren’t just owned by the Earth. On Venus, Mars, it also has volcanoes,” said ITB volcanology expert Dr. ITB. ing. Ir. Mirzam Abdurrachman, ST, MT Live Eureka! The secrets of the volcanoes, Monday (17/10/2022).
However, unlike Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune, these three planets do not have volcanoes because they are too far from the Sun.
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“So volcanoes can’t appear (on Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune). But the moon around them has volcanoes,” Mirzam said.
Of particular interest is Mercury. Its closest position to the Sun should make it the hottest planet and more likely to have volcanoes, but it really isn’t. There are no volcanoes on Mercury.
“In the Solar System, Venus has the largest number of volcanoes, so the Earth, the largest is on Mars, while Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune, which have volcanoes are the moons, not the planets themselves,” Mirzam explained.
Venus is often called the Earth’s twin due to its similar size and structure. But Venus has extreme surface heat and a dense, toxic atmosphere. For this reason, the conditions and number of volcanoes on Earth and Venus are different.
“Venus has 1,600 volcanoes, this is the planet with the largest number of volcanoes. On Earth, where there are only 1,500 volcanoes, we often feel concerned about all the disasters and their benefits,” Mirzam said.
Different from volcano from Land, volcanoes on Venus have a more varied shape, some are conical or shield-shaped. This is because mountains on Venus form under very high pressure with a very dense atmosphere.
“With the composition of CO2 which is 97% of the total atmosphere, it makes the clouds warm so that later” volcanoit’s like pancakes. The pressure on Venus is 90 times the pressure on the Earth, so the volcano must always be flat, “she concluded.
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