VENUS
1-Position
i-second planet from the Sun and the planet whose orbit is closest to that of the Earth.
ii-Distance between Venus and the Sun is 108 million km.
iii-Its distance from the Earth varies from a minimum of about 42 million km to a maximum of about 257 million km.
iv-It is the brightest body in the sky.
2-Size
I-Venus is nearly the Earth's twin in terms of size and mass.
II-Venus' diameter is about 12,102.5 km, or 94.9 percent of the Earth's diameter at the Equator.
III-Venus's mass is 4.87 1024 kg, or 81.5 percent that of the Earth.
IV-Since mass & dimensions are similar so density must be similar Venus' density is 5.24 grams per cubic centimeter, as compared with 5.52 for the Earth
3-General info
Venus is the goddess of beauty and love [ROMAN LEGEND].
The symbol of
Venus is
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It is a small rocky planet.
Its clouds is formed from SULFURIC ACID [poisonous] not from water as in EARTH .
Images and photos are from http://planets4kids.com/venus.htm
information was adopted from Encyclopedia Britannica.
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