On 02/12/2011 11:15 AM, Mauro Lacy wrote: > On 02/12/2011 09:24 AM, Mauro Lacy wrote: >> >> The right thing to do would be to do the calculations, assuming an >> initial spin in accordance with Venus's distance to the Sun, and >> testing for various atmospheric densities, velocity gradients, >> Venus's estimated age, etc. etc. >> I don't have the time to do that, but maybe you or other person can >> do it. > > I mean, to try to derive Venus's actual spin rate, which is not only > slow, but also retrograde like its atmosphere.
Take into account that this is not easy (or even possible) to calculate, because in the past Venus atmosphere, temperature and density were for sure very different than they are today. But probably a good estimate can be done, to confirm at least the feasibility of the hypothesis.
