Venus

Venus and the sun

• 67,240,000 miles
• 864 degrees Fahrenheit
• Rotates backwards
• 243 earth days =1 day
• 225 earth days = 1 year

Venus's Orbit

Venus Surface

• 177.7 million sq miles
• Mulan Crater face
• Volcano
• Rocky planet
• Equator = 38,025 km
• Had water

Venus and you

• Babylon Astronomers
• Sister/morning/night
• Almost brightest in sky
• Venus would crush you
• Russians explored Venus
• Thought to Tropical
• Named after Roman Goddess

Venus and Earth

• Venus's size(
• Active geology
• Gravity 8.87 m/s squared
• Density
• Age 4.5 billions years old
• Orbiting

Explorations

• Soviet Russia (feb 61)
• America (July 62)
• European Union (nov '05)
• Japan (dec 2010)

What ya made of?

• Rock
• Clouds of Vapor
• Atmosphere with Co2
• Surface cant be seen
• Continents

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Venus Discovery

• Known Since prehistoric
• Babylon
• Modern exploratio

Mythology

• Roman Goddess of LOVE
• Continent Aphrodite
• Mythical Women crater names
• Mayan god of warfare