Venus

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Venus

planet name: Venus
planetary class: terrestrial
planetary radius: 6,051.8 km
planetary mass: 0.815 earth masses
surface gravity: 0.904 earth gravity
sidereal day (rotation period): 243.019 earth days (longer than a venusian year)
solar day (1 day and night): 116.75 earth days
rotational direction: retrograde
axial tilt: 177.3°
atm. comp.: nearly completely carbon dioxide, very little nitrogen, trace amounts of other gases and elements
atm. density: extremely dense (92 times the pressure of earth's)
average surface temp: 460°C
satellites: 0

orbital eccentricity: 0.007 (extremely low/ most circular orbit of all the planets)
orbital direction: prograde
mean orbital distance: 0.723 au
perihelion distance: 0.718 au
aphelion distance: 0.728 au
year: 224.65 earth days (shorter than a venusian day)
place in system: inner system/ inner boundary of habitable zone

venus is the second planet from the sun and the 3rd smallest in the entire solar system. it was named after the goddess of love and is also known as the moring star or evening star, as it is the brightest planet in the sky and is visible during early morning or late evening. venus is also refered to as earth's 'sister' because it has a mass, composition, diameter, internal structure and density similar to that of earth. but those are probably the only similarities between the two worlds, as venus is the hottest planet in the solar system with an average global temperature of 460°C, hot enough to melt lead! it has an extremely dense and toxic atmosphere raging with 400km/h winds, raining sulphuric acid and tensed with lightning. the atmosphere is so dense that it obscures the surface with thick clouds of sulphuric acid and acts as the biggest green house in the entire solar system, trapping nearly all of the heat that enters it. the planet itself is a volcanically active world ruled by constantly erupting volcanos and huge craters and calderas spewing lava, carbon dioxide and sulphur compounds. it is an extremely hostile environment for humans and we would be instantly crushed by the huge atmospheric pressure and incinerated by the intense heat. venus has an unusually long day and rotates in a retrograde motion (sun rises in the west and sets in the east instead of rising in the east and setting in the west like all other planets). one day on venus lasts longer than a year on venus and also, the planet is upside down on its axis. some scientists try to explain this by saying that venus rotates slowely in a prograde motion like the other planets, but is tipped upside down on its axis. others say that a huge impact back in venus' past during the solar system's formation, caused the planet to reverse rotation.


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hi guys! here i've recreated venus. its one of four images of the inner planets that are part of my 4000 pageview special! heh, 4 images for 4000 pageviews! thank all of you so very much for your support and in making this happen!

you can see the other three here:

Mercury: Earth: Mars:


i've added two other planets to the image, kinda to scale. can you find them? they should be easy to find and distinguish!


as always, comments and critiques are always welcome and appreciated! so please enjoy the artwork and let me know what you think!


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