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Venus

Venus. By Raven P. Venus is the 2 nd planet from the Sun. It is approximately 6,790,000 miles from the sun. It is about 7,421 feet in diameter. It orbits in the opposite direction of all planetary orbits It has 0, count them, 0 moons. IN ORBIT.

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Venus

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  1. Venus By Raven P

  2. Venus is the 2nd planet from the Sun. • It is approximately 6,790,000 miles from the sun. • It is about 7,421 feet in diameter. • It orbits in the opposite direction of all planetary orbits • It has 0, count them, 0 moons IN ORBIT

  3. Venus’s atmosphere is very poisonous, one of the reasons why we have not traveled there, yet. • It includes carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and other deadly gases ATMOSPHERE

  4. Its name comes from the roman god of love of beauty • It also has a volcano named after a Norse god • Know in Greece as Aphrodite • Stands for Female ITS NAME

  5. Is the brightest thing in the sky other than the Sun or Moon • Has phases like the moon • It has no magnetic field • Like Earth, has few craters, showing a young planet SURFACE

  6. Venus and Earth sometimes referred as “sisters” • Venus only slightly smaller than Earth • It takes 1 ½ of Venus’s orbit to equal 1 Earth orbit • One Venus orbit is 264.5 days EARTH’S SISTER

  7. Venus has been visited by many unmanned space crafts • One was the Pioneer Venus Orbiter TO VENUS OR BUST!

  8. Since ancient times, Venus has always been know • At that time, was thought to be two separate bodies, Eosphorus, the morning star, and Hesperus, the evening star • Also called Lucifer ANCIENT TIMES

  9. Discovered by Pythagoras in 6th century BC, but he thought it revolved around Earth • Copernicus then discovered that it did not revolve around Earth, making it a planet • Galileo was the first to find out that it has phases DISCOVERY

  10. Surface temperatures can reach a high of 483 degrees Celsius • It is the 6th largest planet • It is one of the five planets that can be seen without a telescope • The only planet named after a female figure VENUS FUN FACTS

  11. Venus is a very interesting planet • Venus is a god from Rome, but she was originally from Greece • Venus is possibly the actual sister to Earth A FINAL WORD ON VENUS

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