Larry Esposito
Larry Esposito
Larry W. Espositois an American planetary astronomer and a professor at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder. A 1973 graduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Esposito received his Ph.D in astronomy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 1985, he was awarded the H. C. Urey Prize by the American Astronomical Society. His current work involves planetary atmospheres and ring systems...
badly compare earth hope identify mars mysterious venus
We hope to identify these mysterious compounds -- compare Venus to Earth and Mars to see how Venus went so badly wrong.
discovered pluto
If Pluto was discovered today, it would not be a planet.
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Venus has become somewhat of a 'forgotten planet' with the emphasis on Mars exploration in the U.S.. But Venus can tell us about Earth's future and about planets around other stars -- I expect we will discover a number of surprises from this most capable new mission.