Venus Dust Ring (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Caption

This visualization displays a simulation of the dust ring at Venus's orbit around the sun. Scientists hypothesize a group of never-before-detected asteroids orbiting the sun with Venus are responsible for supplying Venus's dust ring.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bQdQu5woaxI

Download in HD formats: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4704

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/Tom Bridgman

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