Venus is a rocky, volcanic planet with a thick atmosphere. It is approximentaly 67 million miles from the sun, about 3/4 the ditance to the sun from the earth. It has extreme temperatures that can get up to 864 degrees Fahernheit. It spins in the opposite direction of most of the planets. A day on venus is very long, it lasts 117 earth days. Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, and is the brightest planet in the sky.
It is very similar to earth in size and the magnetic field, but many years ago, venus had the potenial for life. For three billion years, venus had water and a habitable atmosphere. today, the thick atmosphere creates the greenhouse effect, it traps gases and heats the planet.
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