VENUS

What's special about Venus?

• Venus is the brightest planet in the solar system.
• Altough Mercury is the planet closest to the sun, Venus is the hottest planet.
• It's because of its thickness, it dense the cold layer.
• The surface temperature on Venus is about 462 degrees Celsius.

Where comes the name from?

• The name comes from the Roman goddess named Aphrodite.
• The meaning of the name is love and beauty.

Thoughts about Venus

• People thought that Venus was two stars from the beginning.
• They believed that it was a morning star and an evening star.
• But after some research about it, they found out that it was wrong.

WHAT'S EARTHS AND VENUS SIMILARITIES?

• Venus and Earth(Tellus) are often called twins.
• The reason is that they are in the similar size and gravity.
• They have almost the same mass volume and compactness too.

PICTURE THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND VENUS SIZE

IN WHICH PLACE IS VENUS FROM THE SUN?

• Venus is the second planet from the sun in our solar system.
• Between Earth and Mercury.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR VENUS TO ORBIT AND ROTATE?

• It takes 224.70(225) "earth days" for Venus to orbit around the sun.
• Compared to Earth's 365 days.
• It takes 243 "earth days" for Venus to rotate once on its axis.
• It's very much compared to Earth's 24 hours!

IMPORTANT TO HUMANS?

• Venus has always been very useful to scientific research.
• Around year 1700, it helped us to measure the distance to the sun.
• The astronomer Edmond Halley come up with a method to measure the distance in space.
• He used the astronomic unit, AU, to calculate distance from the sun, with the transit of Venus.
• Now we use radar to see how far away Earth is from the sun.

SOURCES:

• http://space-facts.com/venus/
• http://www.exploratorium.edu/venus/question4.html
• PICTURE SOURCES:
• http://space-facts.com/venus/
• Google search: stars, Venus, the solar system.