BY: Courtney Chaney, Madison Foster VENUS BY: Courtney Chaney, Madison Foster

Venus Venus is the second planet from the sun Orbits the sun in 224.7 earth days Planet named after a roman goddess After the moon it is brightest natural light

Interesting facts cont. Venus is also called “earth’s sister planet” Venus has a temp. of 462 degrees Celsius ; 863 degrees ferenhieght Venus by far is the hottest planet in our solar system

Venus has a rocky body like earth Diameter is 12,092 km (only 660km less than earth’s) Its mass is 81.5% of earth

96.5% of Carbon dioxide , 3.5% nitrogen It was mapped in 1990-1991 80% of Venus is smooth , 70% of plains are wrinkle ridges

atmosphere The mass is 93 times the Atmoshere of the earth 92 times the earths surface The density is 65kg/m3 Venus is hotter than mercury Also it is twice the distance from the sun than mercury

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link http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=4Z9rM8ChTjY http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/venus/