• 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.

• Venus usually runs about 900 degrees Fahrenheit.• The temperature of Venus does not vary like it does here on Earth.

• 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

• If you went to visit Venus you wouldn’t live because you

couldn’t breath the air.

• The surface pressure on Venus is 90 time the surface pressure on Earth.

• 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.