Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is the second brightest object
in the night sky after the Moon. Venus is the second largest terrestrial planet
, The surface of the planet is concealed by an opaque layer of clouds made
up of sulphuric acid.
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system: The average surface
temperature is 462 °C, and because Venus does not tilt on its axis, there is
no seasonal variation. The dense atmosphere of around 96.5 percent carbon
dioxide traps heat and causes a greenhouse effect.
A day on Venus lasts longer than an earth year Venus orbits rounds the in
sun in 262 days. The earth takes 365 days to complete an orbit. So a year
on Venus lasts for 262 days .
Fact :
Venus is named after
the Roman goddess
of love and beauty.
Venus is sometimes referred to as the Earth’s sister planet due the
their similar size and mass. Earth and Venus only have a 638 km
difference in diameter, Venus having 81.5% of the Earth’s mass. Both
also have a central core, a molten mantle and a crust.
Planet Profile :
Mass: 4,867,320,000,000,000 billion kg (0.815 x Earth)
Equatorial Diameter: 12,104 km
Polar Diameter: 12,104 km
•The atmosphere of Venus made
Equatorial Circumference: 38,025 km up mainly of carbon dioxide.
Surface Temperature: 462 °C
•The clouds create the most
Fact:
A day on Venus lasts
longer than an earth
year.
corrosive acid rain found
anywhere in our solar system.
•The surface of Venus is often
described as a "stormy desert"
full of many craters and very
active volcanoes.
•The surface is also related to
molten lead.
•Venus features no liquid water.
•The closest planet to the sun is Mercury. Then comes Venus and
then Earth, followed by Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.
•The planets in the Solar system are given the names of Roman
Gods or their attendants.
•Venus is 67 million miles, or 108 million kilometres, from the Sun.
• There is no life at all on Venus and creatures could never be to
survive there because of the extreme heat and the atmosphere.
•In 1975 the Soviet Union sent two spacecraft landers to Venus,
Venera 9 and Venera 10. These landers were the very first to reach
the planet’s surface and they sent back images to the Earth. This
was the first photograph of Venus.