Venus

Venus' clouds rain acid so that any living thing thats on venus would get fried venus' average orbital speed is 30.02 km venus is 4.6 billion years old venus is the brightest and hotest planet in the solar system

by lewis :)


 * Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is 108km away from it. Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It has a brownish, yellowish colour on its surface. Venus is the brightest planet in our Solar System. It is also the hottest, even if Mercury is closest to the Sun. Venus’ temperature can reach up to 475ºC. Its lowest temperature is 32ºC. Venus is made out of 95% carbon dioxide and rains sulphuric acid. The clouds are so thick you can’t even see the surface. Venus is covered with thick clouds that create a greenhouse effect which makes it hot. Its atmosphere traps heat. The planet is so hot it is waterless. Venus features flat plains, rocks and rocky mountains which makes it a rocky planet. Venus is so bright it is called the Morning and Evening star because it looks like a star from Earth. You can see it early in the morning or late in the evening. **
 * A Venusian day is longer that a Venusian year. The retrograde in Venus takes 243 Earth days. It takes 225 Earth days for Venus to go around the Sun. Its speed around the Sun is 35.02km per second. Venus orbits around the Sun anti – clockwise while the other planets orbit clockwise. Its orbit around the Sun is the most circular out of all the planets in our Solar System. Venus has no moons. Its diameter is 12,103km. **
 * Venus is 4.6 billion years old, as well as all the other planets. Astronomers, people who study planets and stars call Venus Earth’s twin sister because of their similar sizes **
 * In the future, Japan’s Aerospace Body (JAXA) is planning to launch its Venus climate orbiter in 2010. **
 * //BY JOANNA 5/6H.// **