• The planet Venus was named after the goddess of love and beauty; Aphrodite.
• Venus is the brightest of the planets known.
• Like the moon, Venus shows phases.
• The Mariner 2 was the first to reach Venus.
• Venus’s revolution
around the sun is 225 days
long
• Venus is the second
planet from the sun.
• It is the only planet with
a longer rotation than
revolution
• Venus’ rotation is very
slow and backwards.
• Venus is the third smallest planet in our solar system.
• Venus’ diameter is abut 7,521 miles.
• It is a near twin of Earth in size and density.
• Venus is terrestrial planet; thick clouds of sulfuric acid
surround the planet.
• The composition of Venus has a core of metal, a mantle of
liquid rock, and an outer crust of solid rock.
• The surface of Venus is hot enough to melt lead.
• scientist don’t have very much information about Venus
because no spacecrafts can survive on the surface of Venus for
more than a few minutes.
• The surface of Venus is obscured by dense clouds.
• The atmosphere
on Venus is thick
and hot.
•The Atmosphere of
Venus is mainly
made up of carbon
dioxide and thick
clouds of sulfuric
acid covering the
whole planet.
• Venus has no natural satellites.
• It is possible that Venus has had satellites in
the past.
• There evidence that Venus once had Satellites
is its current rotation.
• If a human went to Venus
they would be crushed by the
heavy atmosphere
• The surface pressure on Venus is
90 time the surface pressure on
Earth.
• If you went to visit Venus
you wouldn’t live because
you couldn’t breath the air.
• The surface temperature is
850 degrees Fahrenheit.
•If you went to this planet
you wouldn’t see any
thing because you would
die almost right away.