This will be the page that will hold information for Venus that will be researched, compiled, and created by an SD60 Classroom, group, or student.
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Venus was named after the Roman goddess Venus/ Aphrodite: the Goddess of love and beauty.
It shines brightest next to the moon.
It is the second planet from the sun.
It orbits Earth very 224.7 earth days.
It is sometimes called Earth’s sister planet due to gravity, and similar size.
Venus, is a terrestrial planet so, like Earth, the surface is quite rocky.
Venus traps the sun’s heat in it because the carbon dioxide works like a blanket.
The mass of atmosphere of Venus is 96.5% carbon dioxide and the other 3.5 percent most likely being nitrogen.
Venera 1 was the first planetary probe launched by the USSR. It attempted a Venus flyby but lost contact.
The symbol is the female symbol.
Venus flights: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology_Venus.html
proof http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1961-002A
I got it from Wikipedia, and simple Wikipedia
Venus has no moons. http://www.universetoday.com/19377/how-many-moons-does-Venus-have/
I got almost all my facts from: Eyewitness Planets.
Venus is the first
starobject you see at night and it is the brightest in the night skyVenus is close to the size of the earth
Venus is the name for the love
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