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The 2nd planet in our solar system, Venus is known as Earth’s twin. Both planets are of similar size and composition. Being nearly the same size as Earth, you would weigh about 10% less on Venus than you would on Earth. Like Earth, Venus has an iron core in its center, but this is where the similarities end. Unlike Earth, Venus’s iron core doe not create a magnetic field. Scientists think this may have something to do with it’s slow rotation. It takes 243 Earth days for Venus to orbit the Sun. It also rotates backwards, which means the Sun rises in the West and sets in the East, totally opposite of where the Sun rises and sets on Earth. Venus cannot support life, its atmosphere is poisonous to breathe as it consists mostly of carbon dioxide and it presses down so heavily that you would be crushed. And Venus is surrounded by a thick atmosphere that allows sunlight to pass through, but doesn’t allow heat to escape, this is called the greenhouse effect. The temperature on the surface of Venus is 860 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt lead. From Earth, Venus looks like a brilliant star in the night sky. Besides the Sun and the Moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sky. Through a telescope, you can see Venus goes through phases like the Moon. Speaking of Moons, Venus doesn’t have any moons of its own. Venus was the first planet to be visited by a spacecraft. In 1962, Mariner 2 flew past Venus and sent back some data of the planet back to Earth and the exploration of the Solar System began. Over 20 different spacecraft have been sent to explore the planet. Some of them have orbited Venus, some have even landed on Venus. Dense clouds of sulfuric acid kept the surface of Venus hidden until 1990 when a spacecraft called Magellan peered through the clouds and mapped the entire surface of the planet, revealing a dry rocky planet with mountains and some volcanoes. While we don’t know if Venus’s volcanoes are still active, one volcano called Maat Mons appears to show signs of recent volcanic activity. Future space missions will help us find out if this volcano is still active.

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The 2nd planet in our solar system, Venus is known as Earth’s twin. Both planets are of similar size and composition. Being nearly the same size as Earth, you would weigh about 10% less on Venus than you would on Earth. Like Earth, Venus has an iron core in its center, but this is where the similarities end. Unlike Earth, Venus’s iron core doe not create a magnetic field. Scientists think this may have something to do with it’s slow rotation. It takes 243 Earth days for Venus to orbit the Sun. It also rotates backwards, which means the Sun rises in the West and sets in the East, totally opposite of where the Sun rises and sets on Earth. Venus cannot support life, its atmosphere is poisonous to breathe as it consists mostly of carbon dioxide and it presses down so heavily that you would be crushed. And Venus is surrounded by a thick atmosphere that allows sunlight to pass through, but doesn’t allow heat to escape, this is called the greenhouse effect. The temperature on the surface of Venus is 860 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt lead. From Earth, Venus looks like a brilliant star in the night sky. Besides the Sun and the Moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sky. Through a telescope, you can see Venus goes through phases like the Moon. Speaking of Moons, Venus doesn’t have any moons of its own. Venus was the first planet to be visited by a spacecraft. In 1962, Mariner 2 flew past Venus and sent back some data of the planet back to Earth and the exploration of the Solar System began. Over 20 different spacecraft have been sent to explore the planet. Some of them have orbited Venus, some have even landed on Venus. Dense clouds of sulfuric acid kept the surface of Venus hidden until 1990 when a spacecraft called Magellan peered through the clouds and mapped the entire surface of the planet, revealing a dry rocky planet with mountains and some volcanoes. While we don’t know if Venus’s volcanoes are still active, one volcano called Maat Mons appears to show signs of recent volcanic activity. Future space missions will help us find out if this volcano is still active.

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