@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialHave a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday ๐น
"[The Sabines] made for the gates which [Romulus] had barred, but Saturnia [Hera] herself unlocked, keeping the hinges silent. Only Venus perceived the gate's great bars had dropped and would have closed it but gods are never allowed to undo what gods have done."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.778
๐ #Venus
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzSurvey and Modeling of Windblown Ejecta Deposits on Venus: #Venus is not consistent with modeled wind directions, suggesting Venusโs rotation axis may have changed: https://eos.org/editor-highlights/new-evidence-for-a-wobbly-venus
@T3chD0g@social.linux.pizzaWe had a little rain last night.
#venusflytap #carnivorousplant
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzRe-Analysis of Pioneer #Venus Data - Water, Iron Sulfate, and Sulfuric Acid are Major Components in Venus' Aerosols: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024JE008582 -> Venus' Cloud Aerosols Contain Reservoirs of Water and Iron: https://www.cpp.edu/news/content/2025/09/venus-cloud-aerosols-contain-reservoirs-of-water-and-iron/index.shtml
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzContribution of Thermal Tides to Venus Upper Cloud-Layer Superrotation: #Venus Identified: https://eos.org/research-spotlights/key-driver-of-extreme-winds-on-venus-identified - a new study suggests that a once-daily atmospheric tidal cycle may be a bigger driver of rapid Venusian winds than previously thought.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialHave a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday ๐น
"Meanwhile the rich-tressed Kharites (Graces) and cheerful Horai (Seasons) dance with Harmonia (Harmony) and Hebe (Youth) and Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, holding each other by the wrist."
Homeric Hymn 3 to Pythian Apollo 186
๐ #Venus statuette from
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzToday (19 September) there will be an #occultation of #Venus by the lunar crescent - in Germany in broad daylight and only 27ยฐ from the Sun, so it will be tough to observe: hints and links in #ag2025goerlitz ends just a few hours earlier).
