170 Amazing Facts About Venus

170 Interesting Facts About Venus

Venus is slightly smaller than Earth.
The light from the Sun takes almost 6 minutes to reach Venus.
Venus does not have any moons or rings.
Venus is nearly as big as the Earth with a diameter of 12,104 km.
Venus is thought to be made up of a central iron core, rocky mantle and silicate crust.
A day on the surface of Venus (solar day) would appear to take 117 Earth days.
A year on Venus takes 225 Earth days.
The surface temperature on Venus can reach 471 °C.
A day on Venus lasts longer than a year.
Venus is a terrestrial planet.
Venus is the sixth largest planet in our Solar System.
The radius of the planet Venus is 3,760 miles.
Venus’s perihelion (closest) distance to the Sun is 91 million miles.
Venus’s aphelion (farthest) distance to the Sun is 94.5 million miles.
Light from our Solar System’s Sun takes only six minutes to reach Venus.
It takes Venus 225 Earth days complete an orbit around the Sun.
It takes Venus 243 Earth days to complete one rotation, and that’s longer then it takes the planet to complete an orbit around the Sun.
The planet Venus formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
The planet Venus was first observed via a telescope in 1610, by Galileo Galilei.
The planet Venus is the second closest planet to our Sun.
The surface temperature on Venus can reach over 860 Fahrenheit (460 Celsius), and that’s hot enough to melt lead.
Venus has no known moons (natural satellites).
The planet Venus has no rings.
The total mass of Venus is 4.8676×1024 Kilograms.
Venus has 6 mountain ranges.
Venera 4 found Venus’s magnetic field to be much weaker than Earth.
A detailed study of Venus finished in 2015.
Venus is the second brightest object in the night sky.
Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
Venus, like Mercury, is a terrestrial planet.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun.
Venus has the most circular orbit of any planet in the Solar System.
The temperature on Venus is 425 degree Celsius.
Venus rotates on its axis from East to West.
The light from the Sun takes almost 6 minutes to reach Venus.
Due to its limited axial tilt, Venus does not experience any seasons.
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.
Venus has mountains, valleys and hundreds of volcanoes.
Only the Moon is brighter. With a magnitude of between -3.8 to -4.6 Venus is so bright it can be seen during daytime on a clear day.
Atmospheric pressure on Venus is 92 times greater than the Earth’s.
Due to this crushing small asteroids when they enter its atmosphere Venus has not small craters. The pressure felt on Venus’ surface is equivalent to that deep beneath the sea on Earth.
Venus is often called the Earth’s sister planet.
Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets.
This means that Venus is rotating in the opposite direction to the Sun, this is also known as a retrograde rotation. One possible reason for this might be a collision with an asteroid or other object.
The Earth and Venus are very similar in size with only a 638 km difference in diameter and Venus having 81.5% of the Earth’s mass. Both also have a central core, a molten mantle and a crust.
The same side of Venus always faces the Earth when at their closest.
It is possible this is due to the Earth’s gravational influence.
Venus is also known as the Morning Star and the Evening Star.
Venera 3 was the first man-made spacecraft to land on Venus in 1966.
A hole in Venus’ ionosphere was noticed by Pioneer Venus Orbiter.
Venus is almost the shape of a perfect sphere.
Venus’s diameter is only 400 miles smaller than Earth.
Venus is surrounded by extremely thick clouds making it impossible to see the surface from orbit without radar or radio equipment.
The force of gravity on Venus is only 12%.
Venus rotates on its axis in the opposite direction to the other planets of the solar system.
Apart from the moon, Venus is the brightest object in the night sky.
Venus has far fewer impact craters on its surface than Mercury, Mars, and Earth’s moon.
The atmosphere of Venus is made up primarily of carbon dioxide.
Venus is the only planet named after a female.
Venus doesn’t have any moons nor any rings.
The highest mountain on Venus is Maxwell Montes.
Venus’ magnetic field is much weaker than Earth due to its slow speed of rotation.
Venus has been explored by more than 40 spacecraft til date.
Venus is the brightest object in the night sky.
Venus has the longest day of any planet in the Solar System.
Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate on its own axis.
Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, observed in 1610 that Venus has phases like the moon.
Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in the Solar System.The atmosphere on Venus is very dense.
Venus’s small induced magnetosphere provides negligible protection to the atmosphere against cosmic radiation.
Due to Venus slow rotation, the temperature variation on Venus is minimal during day and night.
Atmospheric pressure on the surface of Venus is 92 times greater than on Earth.
Scientists doubt any life could exist on Venus, due to the extremely hot temperatures on the planet.
Venus’ high surface temperature is a result of the greenhouse effect.
When Venus lies between Earth and the Sun, it makes the closest approach to Earth of any planet.
Venus is the second brightest natural object in the sky. The planet has an apparent magnitude of -3.8 to -4.6, which makes it visible on a bright, clear day. The Moon is the only other natural object that is brighter.
Venus is sometimes referred to as the “morning star” and “evening star”. This dates back to ancient civilizations who believed that Venus was in fact two distinct stars appearing in the sky. When the orbit of Venus overtakes Earth’s orbit, it changes from being visible at sunrise to being visible at sunset. They were known as Phosphorus and Hesperus by the Greeks, and Lucifer and Vesper by the Romans.
One day on Venus is longer than one year. Due to the slow rotation on its axis, it takes 243 Earth-days to complete one rotation. The orbit of the planet takes 225 Earth-days – making a year on Venus shorter on day on Venus.
Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. This may be, in part, due the brightness of the planet and may date back to the Babylonians in 1581 who referred to Venus as “bright queen of the sky”.
Venus is sometimes called Earth’s sister planet. This is because their size is very similar (there is only a 638 km different in diameter) and Venus has around 81% of Earth’s mass. They are also similarly located with Venus being the closest planet to Earth. Both planets also have a central core, a molten mantle and a crust.
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system with an average surface temperature of 462°C (863°F). Also, Venus doesn’t tilt on its axis which means there are no seasons either. The atmosphere is a dense 96.5% carbon dioxide which traps heat and caused the greenhouse effect which evaporated any water sources billions of years ago.
The temperature on Venus doesn’t vary much between the night and day. This is due to the slow movement of the solar winds across the surface of the planet.
The estimated age of the Venusian surface is around 300-400 million years old. By comparison, the surface of the Earth is about 100 million years old.
The atmospheric pressure of Venus is 92 times stronger than Earth’s. This means that any small asteroids entering the atmosphere of Venus are crushed by the immense pressure, which is why there are no small surface craters on the planet. This pressure is equivalent to being around 1,000 km under Earth’s oceans.
Venus has a very weak magnetic field. This surprised scientists, who expected Venus to have a magnetic field similar in strength to Earth’s. One possible reason for this is that Venus has no solid inner core, or that its core is not cooling.
Venus is the only planet in the Solar System to be named after a female figure.
Venus orbits the sun in an ellipse, but its orbit is the closest to being a circle out of all the planets in the Solar System.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth. When Venus is in line with Earth and the Sun, it is the closest planet to us, at an average distance of 41 million kilometers (25.5 million miles) away.
It takes 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis (sidereal day). The planet’s orbit around the Sun takes 225 Earth days, compared to the Earth’s 365. A day on the surface of Venus (solar day) takes 117 Earth days.
Early civilisations thought Venus was two different bodies. These were called Phosphorus and Hesperus by the Greeks, and Lucifer and Vesper by the Romans. When Venus’ orbit around the Sun overtakes Earth’s orbit, it changes from being visible after sunset to being visible before sunrise. Mayan astronomers made detailed observations of Venus as early as 650 AD.
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.
The average surface temperature is 462 °C, and because Venus does not tilt on its axis, there is no seasonal variation. The dense atmosphere of around 96.5 percent carbon dioxide traps heat and causes a greenhouse effect.
In 2006, the Venus Express space craft was sent into orbit around Venus by the European Space Agency. Originally planned to last five hundred Earth days, the mission was extended several times before the craft was deorbited in 2015. More than 1,000 volcanoes or volcanic centres larger than 20 km have been found on the surface of Venus.
The Russians sent the first mission to Venus.
The Venera 1 space probe was launched in 1961, but lost contact with base. The USA also lost their first probe to Venus, Mariner 1, although Mariner 2 was able to take measurements of the planet in 1962. The Soviet Union’s Venera 3 was the first man-made craft to land on Venus in 1966.
At one point it was thought Venus might be a tropical paradise.
The dense clouds of sulphuric acid surrounding Venus make it impossible to view its surface from outside its atmosphere. It was only when radio mapping was developed in the 1960s that scientists were able to observe the extreme temperatures and hostile environment.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun (Order of the planets from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (the dwarf planet)).
Venus rotates on its axis from East to West similar to that of Uranus’ direction of rotation.
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system while Mercury is the second hottest.
The temperature on Venus (425 degree Celsius) is sufficient enough to melt Lead.
An interesting fact about Venus is that it has the most circular orbit of any planet in the Solar System.
Venus does not experience any seasons because of its limited axial tilt of just 3 degrees.
Venus, like Mercury, is a terrestrial planet.
Venus has mountains, valleys and hundreds of volcanoes. In fact, Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in the Solar System. However, many of these are dormant.
Its highest mountain – Maxwell Montes, is in fact, 8.8 kilometers high. Now, this mountain can be compared to the Mount Everest on Earth which also has a similar height.
The atmosphere on Venus is very dense.
Venus and Mercury neither have any moons nor do they have any rings.
Due to its slow speed of rotation, Venus’ magnetic field is much weaker than that of the Earth.
Besides the earth’s moon, Venus is the brightest object in the night sky.
Venus has been explored by more than 40 spacecraft.
Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty (the only planet to be named after a female figure.)
A day longer than a year: Venus has the longest day of any planet in the Solar System. It takes 243 Earth days for Venus to rotate on its own axis. Moreover, it takes 225 Earth days for Venus to complete one revolution around the Sun.
Venus is also referred to as sister planet to Earth (because of the similarity in their mass and size.)
The temperature variation on Venus is minimal during day and night because of the planet’s slow rotation.
Atmospheric pressure on the surface of Venus is 92 times greater than that on the Earth. This intense pressure on the planet does not allow any visiting spacecraft to stay on its surface for long – not just more than 2 hours. Learn more about the Venere probes sent by the Soviet Union.
Venera 3 was the first man-made spacecraft to land on Venus in 1966.
Transit – a phenomenon of the passing of Venus across the face of the Sun from the perspective of an observer on Earth happens in pairs, and each pair is separated by at least a hundred years. The first transit was observed in 1631 and 1639 and then it was observed in 1761 and 1769, followed by 1874 and 1882.
A hole in Venus’ ionosphere (a layer of the atmosphere filled with charged particles) was noticed by Pioneer Venus Orbiter. In this region, no density was experienced. And this region was never sighted before until recently.
The day Friday is ruled by Venus.
If one were to visit the planet, they would not be able to see the Sun or the Earth because of the dense clouds that always cover the skies of the planet.
Venus is almost the shape of a perfect sphere, which also means that there is not much difference in its equatorial and polar diameters.
Venus has a very thick atmosphere, which mostly contains carbon dioxide.
Venus is the hottest planet, even though it’s not as close to the Sun as Mercury. This is an effect of its thick atmosphere filled with carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
Venus has more than 1,600 volcanoes and that’s more than any other planet in our Solar System.
Some scientist think life could have existed on Venus in the past or in the top layer of its clouds. However, there is no proof that life ever existed on the planet Venus.
Billions of years ago, the climate of Venus may been similar to that of Earth and scientists believe that Venus once possessed large amounts of water or oceans. However, due to the high temperatures produce from the extreme greenhouse effect, this water boiled off long ago and the surface of the planet is now too hot and hostile to sustain life.
Venus rotate in the opposite direction to other planets. Most other planets rotate counter-clockwise on their axis, however Venus, like Uranus, rotates clockwise. This is known as a retrograde rotation and may have been caused by a collision with an asteroid or other object which caused the planet to change its rotational path.

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