Venus

Feeling Hot, Hot Hot!

Physical Characteristics• Diameter : 7,521 miles

• Mass : 4.867 x 1024kg

• Density : 5.20 g/cm3

• Axial Tilt : 177.4˚

• Surface Gravity : 8.87 m/sec2

Venus Orbit• Average Orbit Speed

• 78,341 miles/hour

• Average Distance to sun

• 67,240,000 miles

• Period Of Rotation

• 243 days – (Opposite most planets)

• Period Of Revolution

• 225 days - (A day is longer than a year on Venus)

• Not orbited by any natural satellites (moons)

Venus Surface & Atmosphere • Terrain : Volcanic Plains (80%)

• 1,600 Major Volcanoes

• Temperature Range : Steady 900˚ F

• Atmosphere : 96% CO2, 4% Nitrogen

• Highland Continents• Ishtar Terra – Northern Hemisphere

– Site of Maxwell Montes (Larger than Mt. Everest)

• Aphrodite Terra – Southern Hemisphere

Map Of Venus

Venus Discovery• Venera 1 : 1961 (USSR)

• 1st space probe sent to Venus

• Mariner 2 : 1962 (NASA)

• Confirmed hot surface of Venus

• Venera 7 : 1970 (USSR)

• 1st lander on another planet

• Magellan : 1989 (NASA)

• Mapped surface of Venus

• Venra-D : 2020’s (USSR)

• Possible Russian mission to Venus

Venus Facts• Known as the “morning star” or “evening star”

• No rings around Venus

• No moons around Venus

• No evidence of life found on Venus

• Has a cloud layer of sulfuric acid droplets

• Phases similar to the Moon observed by Galileo

Venus Video• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAx-_iuCq14

Literature Cited• http://en.wikipedia.org/wi9ki/Dwarf_planet#Curre

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus

• Astronomy By: Fred Hoyle

• The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia

• http://www.mallorcaweb.net/masm/Venus.htm