Top 25 Things Everyone Should Know About The Planet Venus

Top 25 Things About The Planet Venus

 

• humans are naturally curious it's possibly one of the most defining characteristics of our species some believe that our drive to figure out new things and to explore new places is why we ended up evolving away from primates but once we started running out of things to be curious about here on earth we began to look outward into the infinity of space our quest continues to find new things and to satisfy our passion for more information that's how we ended up observing and visiting other planets far from home one such place Venus it truly intriguing planets which also happens to be not too far from Earth I'm Mike with lists 25 and to discover 25 fascinating planet venus facts that will enlighten you about our nearest celestial neighbor.

• NUMBER # 25

• all the planets in our solar system venus is the only planet that's been named after a female it got its name from the Greek goddess of beauty and love known as Aphrodite the Romans called her Venus in Latin.

• NUMBER # 24

• Venus is sometimes called Earth's twin because the two planets are almost exactly the same size have roughly the same mass and weight about the same and have a similar composition they're both made of the same material additionally Venus just like Earth has a solid surface you can walk on a comparable surface composition an atmosphere and a weather system it just don't kill you.

• NUMBER # 23 

• it's believed that all the planets of our solar system formed at the same time about 4.5 eight billion years ago however the estimated age of the surface on venus is around 300 to 400 million years old keep in mind that the surface of our beautiful planet is only estimated to be about million years old in other words earth is still a baby compared to Venus.

• NUMBER # 22

• let's suppose you stood on the Sun Tristan add fire which you can't literally do of course cuz you die you wouldn't even make it to the surface anyway I digress and look back at the planets from that vantage point venus is the second closest planet to the sun right after mercury the light from the Sun takes about six minutes to reach Venus by contrast light from the Sun takes roughly eight minutes to reach Earth.

• NUMBER # 21

• besides Earth's moon venus is the brightest object visible in the night sky the planet has an apparent magnitude of negative three point eight and negative four point six which makes it potentially visible even on a bright clear day twenty interestingly although mercury is closer to the Sun Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system mercury is the second hottest to get an idea of how hot it is there the temperature on Venus four hundred and sixty-two degrees Celsius is enough to melt lead.

• NUMBER # 20

• as you probably understand by now Venus doesn't have cool winters or rainy autumns like Earth for that matter the surface of Venus experiences no temperature variations at all everywhere you go on the entire planet the temperature basically feels like you're in hell in other words it's hot really hot.

• NUMBER # 19

• nearly every planet in the solar system rotates counterclockwise on its axis that's not the case for Venus though just like Uranus Venus rotates clockwise this is known as a retrograde rotation and may have been caused by a collision with an asteroid or another object which caused the planet to change its rotational path furthermore Venus's orbit is the most circular compared to the rest of the planets in our solar system.

• NUMBER # 18

• Venus's atmospheric pressure is much stronger than Earth's despite the fact that the two planets are nearly the same size and mass give or take the pressure is about 92 times stronger than you would find on earth this means that any small asteroids invading the atmosphere are quickly crushed by the enormous pressure it also explains why there are no small surface craters on the planet.

• NUMBER # 17

• surprisingly Venus has a very weak magnetic field despite the field similarity and strength to Earth's a logical explanation as to why this happens is that Venus has no solid inner core or that its core isn't cooling.

• NUMBER # 16

• winds sweep across Venus at extreme speeds that can reach around 450 miles per hour 724 kilometers per hour in its middle cloud layer the winds there are faster than the wildest tornado or hurricane on earth.

• NUMBER # 15

• until recently we thought that Venus was our closest neighbour but this may not be the case after all even though Venus is the planet that comes closest to earth as it sweeps by and its orbit mercury stays the closest to Earth the longest according to new scientific observations.

• NUMBER # 14

• let's hypothetically say that we were able to land on this superhot planet okay what would the view be like from there you ask oh sorry to disappoint you but we wouldn't be able to see much or anything at all as dense clouds always cover the skies of the planet they're so dense you can't even see the Sun.

• NUMBER # 13

• even though strong murmurs aren't certain if some form of life might exist on Venus possibly it's highly doubted due to the ridiculously high temperatures on the planet's surface none of the plants or animals that live on earth could survive on Venus.

• NUMBER # 12

• the fact that the climate on Venus isn't welcome to men and women for that matter doesn't mean that it's not also welcome to man-made creations thus the hot planet has been visited and explored by more than 40 spacecraft from planet Earth and who knows how many from other places.

• NUMBER # 11

• the first spacecraft land on Venus was the Soviet spaceship Venera 7 an unmanned vehicle that reached the planet's surface on December 15th 1970 before that another Soviet spaceship named Venera 3 had crashed into the planet in 1966 due to the planet's extreme heat and hurricane-force winds there have been few space quests in that direction.

• NUMBER # 10

• when the orbit of Venus overtakes Earth's orbit it's visible at sunset instead of sunrise for that reason some scientists refer to Venus as the morning star and evening star this reference goes back to antiquity when some ancient cultures thought that venus was two distinct stars appearing in the sky the legendary Greek mathematician Pythagoras was the first to discover that these two bright stars happen to be the same object the greeks called venus phosphorus.

• NUMBER # 09

• when it was visible during the daylight hours and Hesperus when it was visible at sunset aim venus has the shape of an almost perfect sphere the other two planets that have a perfect circular sphere are mercury and Pluto this means that there's not much difference between its equatorial and polar diameters.

• NUMBER # 08

• scientists suggest that the planet's surface is super dry and contains no liquid water however that might not always have been the case new studies show that Venus may have once had a shallow ocean as well as habitable surface temperatures keep in mind that when I say once I mean something like 2 billion years ago.

• NUMBER # 07

• Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in our solar system astronomers have been able to count more than 1600 major volcanoes or volcanic features on Venus while there are also many smaller volcanoes.

• NUMBER # 06

• there are dozens of moons in the solar system literally dozens ranging from airless worlds like Earth's moon to those with an atmosphere well there are planets that have numerous moons Jupiter has a crazy total of 63 Venus has none at all the Venus and Mercury are the only two planets in the solar system without a single natural moon orbiting them for it may not have its own moon.

• NUMBER # 05

• however Venus has a few similarities with our moon to be more specific Galileo Galilei observed in 1610 that Venus had phases like that of the moon when Venus is between the Sun and Earth it has a new phase when it's behind the Sun the planet is in full phase.

• NUMBER # 04

• do you know what day of the week belongs to Venus it's Friday how does this work w.ell the English word Friday has its roots in the anglo-saxon word free day which means Venus day Frigga is Venus and day is day interestingly most days of the week are named after Roman gods or celestial bodies too.

• NUMBER # 03

• even though the Greek god of lightning Zeus has a planet named after him Jupiter means Zeus in Latin he could very well be from Venus images and data from the Venus Express spacecraft 2007 have shown that lightning occurs often on Venus.

• NUMBER # 02

• in fact lightning is way more common on Venus than on earth one scientifically speaking a day is a period of time during which a planet completes one rotation around its axis in Earth's case this process lasts 24 hours however on Venus things are a little different due to its very slow rotation a single.

• NUMBER # 01

• Venus day lasts as long as a hundred and seventeen Earth days the workaholics who don't have enough time on earth would love it there all right yeah so what's your favorite celestial body.