Venus

Do you see the little thing appears on the sky?

This is venus. Venus is the hottest planet and one of the brightest object in the sky .

It is second planet from the Sun and our closest planetary neighbor. Venus is similar in structure and size to Earth. But it is now a very different world.

Ten facts about Venus :

• Venus was taught as being two different objects in the sky: The Morning Star and The Evening Star.

• Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the Moon, and the Sun.It was given the name of the Roman goddess of beauty and love.

• It can easily be seen. Its surface is hidden by thick clouds.

• Venus reflects 70% of all the sunlight it receives which is why it shines so brightly.

• Venus is more than about 62 degrees hotter than Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.

• This is the slowest rotation of any planet making it the most spherical object after the sun.

• Venus has a retrograde rotation, moving in the opposite direction than most planets, only Uranus also does this. They both move from East to West, clockwise.

• On average it can get as close as 25 million miles or 40 million kilometers to Earth.

• It takes Venus 225 days to complete one trip around the sun.

• Venus doesn’t have any moons or ring systems and its magnetosphere is weak due to its slow rotation.It is the most visited planet of the solar system with over 40 spacecraft’s exploring it.