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- Venus is the second brightest natural object in the sky.
- Venus is sometimes referred to as the “morning star” and “evening star”.
- One day on Venus is longer than one year
- Venus has no rings
- Venus is sometimes called Earth’s sister planet.
- Venus has no moons.
- Billions of years ago, the climate of Venus may be similar to that of Earth
- Venus rotates in the opposite direction to other planets.
- Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system with an average surface temperature of 462°C (863°F).
- The temperature on Venus doesn’t vary much between the night and day.
- The estimated age of the Venusian surface is around 300-400 million years old.
- The atmospheric pressure of Venus is 92 times stronger than Earth’s.
- Venus has a very weak magnetic field.
- 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
- Venus is the closest planet to Earth.
- Pressure on Venus is 90 times greater than the pressure at sea level.
- One day is longer than a year
- Venus has more than 1800 volcanoes on its surface
- Venus has winds up to 450 miles per hour