Venus

Daniel González Cucharero

VENUS

Venus is the second planet of the solar system in order of distance from the Sun.

Venus is the third planet in terms of size, from lowest to highest.

Venus hasn’t got  natural satellites.

Venus is called like the roman goddess of love because of its light and beauty.

      

Venus is a rocky and terrestrial planet.

Venus and Earth were formed at the same time.

Venus and Earth are similar in size, mass and composition but they are different in temperature and atmosphere.

Venus is a bit smaller than Earth.

Venus has the hottest atmosphere of the solar system (480 °C) because it is composed of greenhouse gases that trap much more heat from the sun, such as carbon dioxide.

There is no difference in temperature between night and morning.

Venus used to have oceans with the same quantity of water as the Earth but now it hasn’t got oceans.

Venus rotates around its axis very slowly.

Venus rotates in the opposite direction of the other planets. In Venus the sun rises from the west and hides from the east.

Venus has the longest day of the solar system: 243 Earth days.

 

 The orbit of Venus is inferior than the one of the Earth, because of that, we can see it passing in front of the Sun.

Venus is very bright and it can be seen from Earth as we see the Moon and the Sun.

Venus is formed by plains, lava rivers, and mountains.

Venus is very bright because it has metallic compounds.

Venus can’t have water because it is a planet with a very high temperature.

Venus is a desert with craters and volcanoes.

Venus has craters because of the impacts of big meteorites.

  The highest volcano of Venus is called Maat Mons.

 

After the Sun, Venus is the warmest place in the Solar System after the Sun.

Venus is surrounded of clouds with mercury, hydrocarbons, ferric chloride and sulfuric acid.

These clouds create corrosive acid rain.

In 1982, the Russian ship Venera 13 spent two hours sending images of Venus.