Venus
Demetri Lowry
Basic Facts about Venus
Venus’ symbol looks like this:
No one knows exactly who discovered Venus
or when it was discovered.
The name Venus, comes from
the Roman Goddess of beauty.
Distances
Order from the Sun: Second planet from the
sun
Distance from the Sun in Km: 108 million Km
Distance from the Earth in Km: 40 million Km
Planet Measurements
Mass:4.8673x10^24 kg
Volume: 9.28415x10^11 kg
Density: 5.243 g/cm^3
Float or Sink in water?: Venus would sink in water
because it’s density is 5.243 which is greater
than waters density of 1.2.
Gravity: 8.87 m/s^2
Orbit and Rotation
Venus takes about 7.5 Earth months to orbit
the sun.
It takes Venus about 8 months to rotate once
on its axis. This means that a day on
Venus is longer than a year on the planet.
Atmosphere
The atmosphere of Venus is mostly made up
of carbon dioxide. The atmosphere is
extremely thick and also always cloudy.
Plus, the pressure is 90 times greater than
the pressure of Earth’s atmosphere.
Temperature
● The average temperature on Venus is 854
degrees fahrenheit
● Temperature is much hotter than on Earth
● Temperature on Venus is about 780
degrees fahrenheit more than in Florida
Composition
Venus is a rocky planet, but it’s surface is a cratered and
volcanic landscape.
Internal composition:
● Has an iron core
● Has a mantle
● Similar to Earth’s interior
● Not many details are known about interior
Appearance
On the surface of Venus there are smooth volcanic
plains. There are two large continents, one the size
of Australia and the other the size of Africa. Those
areas are covered with canyons, trenches, and large
mountains.
Weather
● Temperature stays at around 800 degrees
farenheit day and night
● Suffocating acid clouds blanket the sky
● The atmosphere has 90 times more
pressure than Earths atmosphere
Water
Due to the greenhouse effect that trappes most of the
heat on Venus, most of the water has evaporated
and escaped into space.
Humans on Venus
If someone were to suddenly appear on the surface of Venus they would
not last very long. The first thing that would happen is that they would
be quickly crushed by the weight of Venus’ atmosphere, basicly they
would be flattened into a thin strip of molecules. If say some how they
were not affected by that then the next thing that would happen that
they would literally be burned, or fried, to death by the emenous heat
on the planet. Lastly if they were still somehow alive, the person’s
lungs would collapse and they would not be able to breath clean air
because of the poisonous toxins that Venus has to offer in it’s
atmosphere.
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