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VENUS
Is about the same
size as earth. Its thick atmosphere
and the greenhouse effect traps the solar energy.
On Venus temperatures over nine hundred degrees Fahrenheit can even melt
lead. Venus goes through phases
like our moon.
1.
Almost the
same size as Earth 2.
The closest
planet to Earth, but it does not have oceans or human life like Earth 3.
Gets so hot
during the day that it could melt a lead cannonball 4.
The
temperature rises to 484 degrees Celsius on the side facing the Sun 5.
Has very
thick, rapidly spinning clouds which cover its surface 6.
These clouds
hold heat in - that is why Venus gets so hot 7.
These clouds
also reflect sunlight - that is why Venus appears so bright to us here on Earth
- there are constant thunderstorms
in these clouds 8.
surface has
many craters which were made by meteorites and asteroids crashing into the
planet 9.
Also has
volcanoes 10.
This planet is unusual because it rotates in a direction opposite that of
all of the other planets - Venus spins very slowly as it orbits the Sun. |