UNIVERSE LL W/SAPLINGPLUS MULTI SEMESTER
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An explanation for the fact that the observations carried out by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft indicate that volcanic eruptions occurred on Venus not long before the arrival of the spacecraft on Venus. It is given that the spacecraft recorded the presence of high levels of sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid in the Venusian atmosphere by using an ultraviolet spectrometer in 1978.
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