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Venus: Earth's Twin

Everything except cold!



How did Venus get its name?: Venus got its name from the Roman God of love and beauty. Who discovered Venus? When? How? Where?: The ancients knew about it in early times. It was easy to see in the night sky. No exact person discovered it.

Distances. Order from the sun: Second planet from the sun.

Distance from the sun: 108 million kilometers (67 miles) Distance from Earth: 27.8 million miles away.

Planet Measurements. Mass: 4.864 * 10 to the 24th power. About 82% of Earth's mass.

Volume: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">9.38 * 10" km3

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Webdings,sans-serif;">Equatorial Circumference: <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Webdings,sans-serif;">380,25 km

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mean Density: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">5243

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gravity: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.87 m/5 to the second power (907. of here on Earth)

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Aphelion: <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Second closest planet to the sun.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Length of day: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">About 243 Earth days.

<span style="color: #cb34b4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Planet Appearance: <span style="color: #cb34b4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Its completely covered with wispy white clouds. Venus is so bright in the sky its been known of since prehistoric times. Venus is sometimes referred to as 'Earth's Twin Planet.' The color of Venus is yellowish white.

<span style="color: #4973da; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Rings: <span style="color: #4973da; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">N/A

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Satellites: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">N/A

<span style="color: #4973da; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Core Composition: <span style="color: #4973da; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Metal

<span style="color: #9f7932; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Surface composition: <span style="color: #9f7932; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Hot enough to melt lead. It has a core of metal, a mantle of liquid rock, and an outer crust of solid rock.

Major gasses: Carbon dioxide, nitrogen.

Minor gasses: Helium and Neon.

<span style="color: #e99335; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Surface condition.

<span style="color: #868622; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wind speeds: <span style="color: #868622; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">355 km.

<span style="color: #cb34b4; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Temperature ranges: <span style="color: #cb34b4; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">860'F

Surface pressure: 90 atmospheres. (90 times Earth's pressure.)

<span style="color: #20743e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Weather: <span style="color: #20743e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lightning storms were recorded, and some winds.

<span style="color: #d576a7; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Water: <span style="color: #d576a7; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Venus has no water. Venus has runaway greenhouse affect, ts temperature is exceptionally high and water would likely not exist in any form except as a gas.

<span style="color: #dd4040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Exploration: <span style="color: #dd4040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">N/A. No satellites or on Venus. The probes are Venus Express, Pioneer Venus, and NASA's Magellan.

Habitability: The planet is so hot people would burn up if they tried staying there.

Future human travel: The planet Venus is too hot for any human life to travel on because it is so close to the sun. They would be boiled.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Terraforming: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">There would need to be oxygen, less heat, and less inclimate weather for people to live there.

Cool facts.

How much would you way on your planet: A hundred pound person would way 91 lbs.

Three neat or interesting facts.

1. The atmosphere is very hostile.

2. It is the hottest planet.

3. Brightest natural object in the night sky.



<span style="color: #27be27; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">References: [|NASA] [|Nine Planets] [|Planet Science] [|Science Mag] [|Kids Astronomy]

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