Post by Wes Gear on Apr 15, 2010 4:10:16 GMT 10
about a year or so ago i started formulating a theory on venus based upon historical references to the planet and what modern science tells us about it today.
throughout history venus has been more prominent in ancient texts and folklore/legends than any other astronomical body in the heavens. i've read where some scientists like those who believe in the electrical universe theory that venus might have been closer to us which would mean larger as early as 2500 years ago.
then i was reading about the make up of venus. the cloud cover.........the immense pressure......the heat and how none of it really makes sense for a body its size. while the earth most certainly could heat up and have a runaway greenhouse gas event we could never duplicate the pressure, dense clouds or chemical makeup of the planet.
so i decided to put two and two together and see what happened.
what if venus is not a rocky planet so to speak but the rocky core of a long dead gas giant. this would explain how venus not only was larger in the night sky but also the mystery of the ancient legends that the stars went missing in the night sky and were replaced with a glowing cloud.
if venus was once a gas giant that was for whatever reason knocked out of its orbit and sent towards the sun it would have had a long elliptical orbit that would have burned off its outer atmosphere as it got closer and closer to the sun with each orbit. on it's final approach it could have streamed across the sky with an electrically charged cloud behind it. given rise to the many stories of the gods fighting in the heavens with lighting bolts.
what we see with venus now is nothing more than a cinder. eventually the clouds that are still hovering about the core will be blown free as the internal heat cools.
this is a very simplistic rendition of what may have happened but i think it does hold water. the only problem i find hard to get around is could venus have moved across the sky and into its resting place and the trailing cloud diminished in 2500 years. or 5000 years? or even 10,000?
most of this theory is based on as i said other scientific research. the only original point that i can claim is the dead gas giant bit and i would not doubt for an instant that someone else has not thought of it too.
throughout history venus has been more prominent in ancient texts and folklore/legends than any other astronomical body in the heavens. i've read where some scientists like those who believe in the electrical universe theory that venus might have been closer to us which would mean larger as early as 2500 years ago.
then i was reading about the make up of venus. the cloud cover.........the immense pressure......the heat and how none of it really makes sense for a body its size. while the earth most certainly could heat up and have a runaway greenhouse gas event we could never duplicate the pressure, dense clouds or chemical makeup of the planet.
so i decided to put two and two together and see what happened.
what if venus is not a rocky planet so to speak but the rocky core of a long dead gas giant. this would explain how venus not only was larger in the night sky but also the mystery of the ancient legends that the stars went missing in the night sky and were replaced with a glowing cloud.
if venus was once a gas giant that was for whatever reason knocked out of its orbit and sent towards the sun it would have had a long elliptical orbit that would have burned off its outer atmosphere as it got closer and closer to the sun with each orbit. on it's final approach it could have streamed across the sky with an electrically charged cloud behind it. given rise to the many stories of the gods fighting in the heavens with lighting bolts.
what we see with venus now is nothing more than a cinder. eventually the clouds that are still hovering about the core will be blown free as the internal heat cools.
this is a very simplistic rendition of what may have happened but i think it does hold water. the only problem i find hard to get around is could venus have moved across the sky and into its resting place and the trailing cloud diminished in 2500 years. or 5000 years? or even 10,000?
most of this theory is based on as i said other scientific research. the only original point that i can claim is the dead gas giant bit and i would not doubt for an instant that someone else has not thought of it too.