2. Introduction
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Venus is the second planet
from the Sun and is the hottest
planet in our Solar System.
Earth and Venus are quite
similar in size and age. Venus
is 4.5 billion years old and
Earth is 4.54 billion. The radius
of Earth is 6371 km and Venus
has a radius of 6052 km.
Although, Venus is a lot hotter
than Earth with temperatures
of almost 480 degrees Celsius.
3. Astronomical Data
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Orbits the sun every 224.7 Earth days.
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.72 AU from the Sun.
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243 days on Venus is equivalent to one Earth
day (in terms of the time it takes the planet to
rotate).
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Rotates backwards (in comparison to the
other planets).
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Volume: 928,415,345,893 km cubed.
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Orbit size around sun: 108,209,475 km.
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Orbit Eccentricity: 0.00677672.
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Mass: 4,867,320,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg.
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Surface Area: 460,234,317 km squared.
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Escape velocity: 37,296 km/h.
4. Surface Data
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The air is very thick and hot,
humans would not be able to
breathe. Has high temperatures of
almost 480 degrees Celsius.
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Atmosphere composition: nitrogen
and carbon dioxide.
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Gravity: 8.87m/s squared compared
to 9.78m/s squared on Earth.
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There are a lot volcanoes and craters
occupying its rocky surface.
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Maximum/minimum surface
temperature: 462 Degrees Celsius.
5. Nearby Objects
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Venus orbits the Sun.
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Second planet from the Sun.
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Closest planet to Earth.
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Venus doesn't have any known moons.
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Venus is located between Mercury and Earth.
6. Human Scientific Explorations
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There have been over 40 spacecrafts to explore
Venus.
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1961: First mission to Venus (1VA/1).
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1962: the Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to
send information about another planet to
Earth. It sent back information about Venus'
hot temperatures.
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1990's: During the Magellan mission, 98% of
the planet's surface was mapped.
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2005: The Venus Express was sent by the
European Space Agency to study the surface
and atmosphere.
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2013 (latest mission): VeSpR, was a successful
mission. They are hoping to learn more about
water that was on Venus through this mission.
Magellan's Map of Venus
8. Fun Facts
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Venus is brighter than any of
the stars, you can sometimes
see it from Earth if the sun is
low on the horizon.
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The planet was named after the
ancient Roman goddess of love
and beauty.
