If our Moon is orbiting Venus

[remcot]

What will be the climate on the Moon if it is as close to the Sun like Venus is from the Sun?<br /><br /> 1 Will the heat and radiation of the Sun be stronger then?<br /><br /> 2 Do you need protection against the Sun when our Moon is (theoreticaly) orbiting Venus?<br /><br />3 How does the Sun feel on my face in comparison with here on Earth when i am as close to the Sun like Venus is?<br /><br />remcot

 

[nexium]

Much of what we call climate is about atmosphere, so it is hard to talk about climate on the moon as there is negligible atmosphere on the moon. 1 The heat and radiation would be about 70% stronger with our Moon orbiting Venus.<br />2 Yes. We would need protection from the Sun even if our moon orbited the farthest moon of Saturn.<br />3 Uncomfortably hot. Neil

 

[weeman]

Radiation would certainly be stronger. Of course, even with an orbit around Earth, the moon is still exposed to intense UV rays since it has no atmosphere. Even with a heavy ozone shield on Earth, we still get amounts of UV radiation, because if we didn't, there may be no such thing as skin cancer <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />The Sun would feel very hot upon your face, so it might be a good idea to get out your 100 spf sunblock <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[remcot]

My last questions:<br /><br />1 What can you feel on your face from the Sun when you are standing on Mercury?<br /><br />2 On Mars?<br /><br />3 On Enceladus (Moon of Saturn)?<br /><br />4 And how warm does the Sun feel on Pluto and on Sedna?

 

[3488]

On Mercury, the sun would 'feel' approx nine times hotter than on Earth.<br /><br />If our moon was orbiting Venus, it probably would not be a lot different to how it is now. <br /><br />True, from Venus orbit, the Sun is twice as powerful as it is from Earth (from Mars it averages only 44% of light & heat on Earth), the moon is made of materials that are tolerant to great temperature extremes, silicates & metals in particular. The moon would certainly be hotter than now, but not to the point that major changes would occur. <br /><br />Incidently our moon is the second densest & has the second most powerful surface gravity of any moon in the solar system. Jupiter's Io take the lead in both camps.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[remcot]

Can you get Sunburned when you are in orbit around Venus (without) protection against the Sun?

 

[MeteorWayne]

Since you can get sunburned here on earth, with some protection from the atmosphere, the answer is most emphatically, yes! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

As MeteorWayne says, most definately Yes. The soalr radiation at Venus orbit is very nearly double that on Earth.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[tropicalzone]

venus has such a thick atmoshere that you wouldn't get burned by uv rays but the actual temp would cook you like a turkey in a oven on broil