Comments on: Understanding the "Superotation" Winds of Venus http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/03/understanding-the-superotation-winds-of-venus/ Space and astronomy news Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mars Man http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/03/understanding-the-superotation-winds-of-venus/comment-page-1/#comment-31764 Mars Man Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:09:30 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=17606#comment-31764 shouldn't that be "superrotation" shouldn't that be "superrotation"

]]> By: trux http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/03/understanding-the-superotation-winds-of-venus/comment-page-1/#comment-31687 trux Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:59:56 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=17606#comment-31687 Well, perhaps an explanation on the base of electromagnetic field generated by the Sun would make some sense. The electrically charged clouds behave as wires in the EM field of an electrical motor, so I imagine the EM field of the Sun could indeed bring them into rotation. That might also explain why the are opposite to the planet spin. Or perhaps it is not the EM field alone, but rather the electrical current of the highly charged Solar wind that flows also through the atmosphere of Venus and electrically interacts with it, bringing it so into rotation. Now you may ask, why then do not the clouds on Earth spin so fast too - well, unlike Venus, the Earth has its own magnetic field that shields it from the Solar wind, and prevails over the EM field of the Sun, hence its influence on the clouds is much weaker than at Venus. Well, perhaps an explanation on the base of electromagnetic field generated by the Sun would make some sense. The electrically charged clouds behave as wires in the EM field of an electrical motor, so I imagine the EM field of the Sun could indeed bring them into rotation. That might also explain why the are opposite to the planet spin.

Or perhaps it is not the EM field alone, but rather the electrical current of the highly charged Solar wind that flows also through the atmosphere of Venus and electrically interacts with it, bringing it so into rotation.

Now you may ask, why then do not the clouds on Earth spin so fast too – well, unlike Venus, the Earth has its own magnetic field that shields it from the Solar wind, and prevails over the EM field of the Sun, hence its influence on the clouds is much weaker than at Venus.

]]> By: Mike http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/03/understanding-the-superotation-winds-of-venus/comment-page-1/#comment-31613 Mike Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:30:20 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=17606#comment-31613 Category 6 winds? ;p Category 6 winds? ;p

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