Ice On Venus??
What's It Like On Venus?

What might you need to know about
conditions on Venus, in order to
answer the question, "Is there ice on Venus?"

Get out your paper and pencil now,
and write down a list of those things you'll
need to find out about Venus.

Once you've made your list...

You can find data by visiting the
World-wide Web site, "Venus Fact Sheet" at
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html

You may find it helpful to know

a few details about how things are measured.

If you have time to do more fact finding about Venus, try visiting the following sites (Share what you find with your classmates):

Students for Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Venus Pointers:
http://www.seds.org/galaxy/galaxy-planets.html#VENUS
Jet Propulsion Lab:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/ in Pasadena, California--mission control for the Magellan mission to Venus
Info at Goddard Space Flight Center:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/pioneer_venus.html