The Venus Planet

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The Venus Planet

• S. Kovalciková, I. Timková, 1. B

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• The Venus
• is the second closest planet to the Sun
• is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love
• is often called The Morning Star or The Evening
  Star
• is the Sister planet of the Earth because of the
  similar size and gravity
• the surface of Venus shows evidence of extensive
  volcanism and low number of impact craters
• has an extremely dense atmosphere
• is covered with an opaque layer of highly
  reflective clouds of sulfuric acid
• no evidence for plate tectonics

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• Venus has no ocean
• is the slowest rotating planet
• its rotation around own center line is opposite
• temperatures 440- 480C
• is always cloudy
• is the brightest object in the sky except for the
  Sun and the Moon
• is the least hospitable place for life
• has no magnetic field, perhaps because of its
  slow rotation
• the mass is about four- fifths that of the Earth
• the force of gravity is slightly less than on the
  Earth

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The Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly
before sunrise and shortly after sunset
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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VENUS

• What names does the Venus has?
• Why is the Earths sister?
• What do you know about atmosphere?
• How many years ago did the research start?
• When does the Venus reach its maximum brightness?

The Earth and the Venus