Facts about Venus
Facts about Venus
| Did you know that a day on Venus is equal to 343 Earth days and a year on Venus is equal to 224.7 Earth days. So a day on Venus is longer than a Venus year. This is because it rotates very slow! |  |
The rotation on Venus is opposite to that of Earth with the sun rising from the west.
Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
The first evervisit on Venus by a space craft was made by Mariner 2 in 1962.
The interior of Venus is composed of a central iron core and a molten rocky mantle, similar to the composition of Earth.
The surface of Venus is very dry with flat plains, highland regions, and depressions.
The atmospheric pressure on the surface of Venus is that 90 times the pressure on Earth.
The clouds in Venus' atmosphere are composed of sulfuric acid which causes the planet to reflect 65% of the sunlight that reaches it. Thus, Venus the third brightest object in the sky (third only to the Sun and the Moon).
Similar in size, density, and mass, Venus and Earth often referred to as sister planets. However the surface and atmosphere of the two planets are drastically different.
Venus and Earth are closer than any two planets.
Venus is so hot that it can melt Lead.
Though Murcury is closest to the Sun but still it is not the hottest.
It is Venus that is hottest. The gases around Venus trap un's heat.
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