VENUS

Index

What is Venus?

The structure

Internal
External

Orbit and rotation.

Can we see Venus?

Venus studies

Curiosities

Video

What is Venus?

Venus is the second planet of the Solar System and it

orbites every 225 Earth days. Venus has no natural
satellite and is also the thirth biggest planet of the Solar
System.After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in
the night sky, its bright is enough to catch shadows.

Venus and the Earth are similar acording to size, gravity,

and bulk composition. It has the densest atmosphere of
the four terrestrial planets. The atmospheric pressure at
the planet's surface is 92 times that of Earth's. With a
mean surface temperature of 735 K (462 C), Venus is by
far the hottest planet in the Solar System.

Structure:
-Internal
-External

External structure

The ground of Venus shows evidence of extensive

volcanism, and the sulfur in the atmosphere may
indicate there have been some recent eruptions
Much of the Venusian surface appears to have been
shaped by volcanic activity. Venus has several times
as many volcanoes as Earth.
The diameter of Venus is 12,092 km (only 650 km less
than Earth's) and its mass is 81.5% of Earth's.

Internal structure
The similarity in size and density between Venus
and Earth suggests they share a similar internal
structure: a core, mantle, and crust. Like that of
Earth, the Venusian core is at least partially liquid
because the two planets have been cooling at
about the same rate

Orbit and rotation

Venus orbits the Sun at an average distance of

about 0.72 AU. Venus's orbit is the closest to
circular. The planet reaches inferior conjunction
every 584 days, on average

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and

orbits the Sun approximately 1.6 times (yellow
trail) in Earth's 365 days (blue trail)

Can we see Venus?

Venus rotates very slowly on its axis and the

direction is retrograde (opposite way of the Earth).
Curiously when the two planets are closest, Earth
always faces the same side of Venus. On these
occasions, we can see this face and can make maps
using radio telescopes based on Earth.

Venus studies

The transit of Venus was first observed in 1032 by

the Persian astronomer Avicenna, who concluded
Venus is closer to Earth than the Sun.

Venus was known to

ancient civilizations
both as the "morning
star" and as the
"evening star", names
that reflect the early
assumption that these
were two separate
objects.

Venus is covered of clouds, it has a thick atmosphere and a

temperature of around 500 C, making it difficult to study from
Earth; most of the knowledge we have of the planet were
obtained through the use of space vehicles, particularly those
who have fallen through the atmosphere carrying probes.
In total, there were until 2013 a total of 46 missions to Venus
for exploration far failed attempts in the early days.

Curiosities

1. After the sun, Venus is the hottest place in the

solar system.
2. Unlike the rest of the planets in the solar
system, Venus has no difference in temperature
between night and day.
3. The clouds of Venus creates a constant more
corrosive acid rain than anywhere else in the solar
system.
4. A day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days.
5. Venus does not have any kind of natural
satellite in its orbit.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8KrQuPklAw