The Nine Planets – Venus

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venus is the second closest planet to
the Sun and it is also the closest in
size to earth the diameter around its
equator measures just over twelve
thousand kilometers which makes it 0.9
49 of the size of Earth it makes an
orbit of the Sun every two hundred and
twenty four point seven days as another
one of the inner planets it is also one
of the four terrestrial planets an
inception to the moon venus is the
brightest object in the night sky fit
clouds cover the planet but recent
science has shown evidence of volcanoes
on the surface and some may still be
active today on march first 1966 Venera
three landed on Venus making it the
first to enter the atmosphere and land
on any other planet in the solar system
venera 4 showed that the surface
temperature was near 500 degrees and its
atmosphere was between 90 and 95 percent
carbon dioxide the large concentrations
of carbon dioxide create a substantial
greenhouse effect through raising
temperatures on the surface because of
its brightness in the sky Venus has been
known about and observed since
prehistoric times the earliest possible
recorded observations came from as far
back as 1600 BC by the Babylonians in
fact excluding the further out planet’s
most have been known about since before
modern times