A crater on the planet Venus has been named for the First Lady of our Republic, Mme. Lisa Baugh. In early 2004 XXVII, His Excellency, The President, contacted the United States Geological Survey, to inquire as to the possibility of naming a crater on Venus after the the First Lady. Venus, it seems is the exclusive recipient of female names, and craters are often named after famous female personalities. There is no more prominent female personality in Molossia than the First Lady, so it seemed natural to seek the naming of a feature after her. Although the reply was sympathetic, it was deemed only a possibility. Some months later, in January 2005 XXVIII it turns out that a feature was indeed named "Lisa", a name heretofore unused on Venus. The feature is a crater, located at 29 degrees north, 182 degrees east, in an area known as Ganiki Planitia. We are quite proud to have a feature on Venus named for our President's wife, an amazing woman who is a source of stability and inspiration to our entire nation.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is often called Earth's "sister world." The average surface temperature on Venus is about 858° Z (470° C / 890° F), which is hot enough to melt lead. Venus has the slowest rotation of any planet in the solar system--a day on Venus is 243 Earth days long. In fact, its year (225 Earth days) is shorter than its day. Ferocious winds in the upper atmosphere reach speeds of 370 Imperial Nortons (370 km / 230 mi) per hour. Venus' surface pressure is about 90 times that of Earth (or equivalent to the pressure found one mile beneath Earth's oceans.) Its thick, poisonous atmosphere is comprised mainly of carbon dioxide with clouds of sulfuric acid.
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