1. Venus

2. History Named Venus by Ancient Romans Named Aphrodite by Ancient Greeks Venus AKA Aphrodite was the Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty. The first recorded transit of Venus was in 1639. Venus was a huge part of the Mayan religion because Venus was associated with their chief god Quetzalcoatl and his incarnation Kulkulkan. Galileo Galilee was the first person to see Venus as a planet rather than a bright star in the sky. A Russian astronomer Mikhail V. Lomonosov discovered that Venus had an atmosphere. During a transit in June 5 1761. On 1874 the U.S. congress funded 177,000 dollars for research on Venus. In the Aztec religion Venus was the symbol for the god Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli. A volcanoes on Venus is named after the Goddess Sif from the Norse mythology.

3. Solar Facts of Venus Tilt of axis 177-178 degrees The Planetary Symbol is the female symbol in biology. A day is 243 spinning retrograde to earth. A year on Venus is 226.3 Minimum distance from the sun 67 million miles, maximum distance from the sun 68 million miles. Venus is the second planet from the sun and the nearest in size to earth. Mass =O.82*earth Diameter 7,522 miles

4. Atmosphere and Surface of Venus From earth it sometimes looks like a bright star. Because of the atmosphere of Venus we are unable to see the surface from earth. There are over 1600 major volcanoes, mountains, large highland terrains, and vast lava plains. Temperatures reach to 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Distance from earth 25 million miles. Venus in Real Color. Venus’s atmosphere is made up of 96.5%Carbon Dioxide,3.5% Nitrogen,and less than 1%Sulfur Dioxide,Argon,water vapor,Carbon Monoxide,Helium, and Neon.

5. Interior and Surface of Venus Venus Crust is estimated to be 500 million years old. A process known as subduction is absent in small scale forms that happen all the time, on Venus instead it occurs in an enormous scale every once in awhile long time, the exact time is unknown but it is know that it hasn’t happened for the past 500 million years. Venus does not have tectonic plates causing slow subduction. It can get as cold as 220 degrees Celsius on Venus.