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The brightest of all planets, Venus, is also known as the Morning Star and the Evening Star. This planet is about the same size as Earth but is covered with impenetrable clouds of carbon dioxide and sulfur compounds.Venus spins slowly retrograde (backwards west to east) in 243 days and takes about 225 days to orbit the sun. This makes the daytime about 115 days which can raise surface temperatures up to 464° C. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. In about a month’s time our Moon appears to change shape called Phases. In 1610 Galileo observed phases and size changes of Venus similar to our natural satellite. His discovery of this and Jupiter’s moons led to a dramatic paradigm shift from an Earth-centered system to a Sun-centered view.

[] Venus is the second planet from the sun and the closest planet to Earth. It is named after The Roman Goddess of love and beauty, but it's extremely hot and deadly atmosphere makes it impossible for any human astronaut to explore it's surface. The diameter of Venus is about 7,520 miles which is about 400 miles smaller than that of Earth. Venus is known as Earths' twin sister because of its similar size and proximity to each other. Its atmosphere is made up mostly of carbon dioxide. Venus has a longer day than year. It takes 243 days for Venus to make a rotation. And it takes 224 days for Venus to orbit around the sun. Venus is the most widely explored planet aside from our own Earth. It is believed that Venus used to have bodies of water similar to Earth, but dried up over a period of 300 million years when the sun began admitting more solar energy after the sun's infancy stage. The clouds of Venus is filled with sulfuric acid. Venus has mountains that are higher than Earth. Maat Mons is more than 5 miles high. Venus is the brightest planet viewed from Earth.
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