Venus

Venus Average distance from the Sun: 67,230,000 mi.
Diameter of the planet: 7520 mi.

The Romans named this planet after Venus, the Goddess of Beauty.
Venus almost the same size as Earth, has an equator 7,521 miles in diameter, compared to Earth's 7,926 miles.
Venus stays nearly the same distance from the sun year-round, from 66.8 to 67.7 million miles away from the sun.
One Venus day is longer than one Venus year: Venus takes approximately 243 Earth days to rotate on its axis, while it takes it approximately 225 days to orbit the sun.
Earth's axis is tilted at 23.5 degrees, and the tilt is what causes the seasons. Venus is tilted at only 2.6 degrees, and has very little seasonal change year round.
Venus has no known moons.
If you were to take a trip to Venus, would weigh ten percent less than you do on Earth.
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due its atmosphere and on average, is 850 degrees Farenheit.
The main atmospheric gas on Venus is carbon dioxide.   Poisonous rain falls from its sky.   The atmosphere of Venus is so thick and heavy, the pressure is like being 3,000 feet under the ocean.   This cloud cover acts as a greenhouse and heats the temperature of Venus up to temperatures hot enough to ignite paper, even at night.   These clouds are believed to have been formed by volcanic activity, solar radiation, and multiple chemical reactions.   The cloud cover is 45 miles away from the planet's surface and is 12 miles thick.   Probes launched in the 1970's revealed the clouds swirl at hundreds of miles per hour, making our hurricanes seem insignificant by comparison.


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