31 Venus Facts.

1. Located in the solar system's second orbit around the Sun, Venus is known as the "love planet."

2. Among all the world's planets, Venus is the only one that has been named after a goddess. Venus is the Roman goddess of beauty and love.

3. This is because it was the only one of the five planets known to ancient astronomers that shone the brightest in the night sky, which led the Romans to name it after a goddess.

4. Regarding size, this planet has a circumference of 12,092 kilometres, making it 650 kilometres less in diameter than the Earth in terms of distance travelled. It's really the circumference of the earth's equator.

5. It is very difficult for humans to survive in Venus's atmosphere because of its high atmospheric pressure. Furthermore, the surface temperature is another factor that will cause any person to perish quickly. The temperature on the surface of this planet is 462 degrees Fahrenheit. All of this is more than enough to put us out of our misery. The reason for the extreme heat is unclear.

6. Venus's smooth and flat plains, which are often interrupted by volcanoes, cover almost two-thirds of its surface. Vulcanoes are found all over the world, and their widths may vary from 0.5 to 150 miles depending on their location.

7. Venus contains a variety of surface characteristics, including coronae and tesserae, in addition to mountains and volcanoes. Coronae (also known as crowns) are formations that resemble rings and may range in width from 95 to 360 miles. Coronae are found in the solar system's outermost regions. Scientists think that coronae were created when heated material from under the crust rose to the surface and wrapped around the Earth's atmosphere.

8. A sulfuric acid cloud layer forms in the Venusian atmosphere, and the top layer of these clouds travels across the planet. The high-speed hurricane-like winds that are propelling these clouds reach speeds of 224 miles per hour in fact.

9. This results in an extremely rapid rotation of the planet's atmosphere which completes one revolution in just four Earth days. Because of this, the atmosphere spins at a rate 60 times greater than that of Venus.

10. It is common to see blue stripes on the upper clouds of Venus, which are referred to as "ultraviolet or blue absorbers" by scientists. Their name comes from the fact that these stripes really absorb light in the ultraviolet or blue wavelength ranges.

11. Strangely enough, these blue stripes are responsible for absorbing almost half of the sun energy that hits the Earth's surface. It is believed by scientists that these blue stripes are responsible for the terrible circumstances that exist on our planet today.

12. In order to reach Venus, many spacecraft have been launched. Initially, the Soviets organised one in 1961. Venera 1 was the designation given to the ship in this instance. We were unable to communicate with the Soviets. The Mariner 1 spacecraft of NASA was the next to go down in flames.

13. It was discovered by numerous probes launched by the Soviets and the Americans that the middle cloud layer of Venus's atmosphere travels around the planet at a speed of about 450 miles per hour. That is quicker than the fastest or most powerful tornado ever recorded on the planet, according to historical records.

14. Venus exhibits phases similar to those of the moon, first discovered by Italian scientist Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is in a fresh phase when between the Sun and the Earth, and it is in its complete phase when the planet is in the opposite phase of the Sun while behind the Sun.

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16. Venus is one of only two planets that spins on its axis in a clockwise direction from east to west. The other planet is Mercury. Except for Uranus, there are no other planets that have done so thus far.

17. Venus has a mass that is about 80% that of Earth, owing to its somewhat smaller size and lower density.

18. A spacecraft named Venus Express, which was launched by the European Space Agency in November 2005, is presently exploring the Venusian surface. In addition to numerous extension requests, the mission is scheduled to stay on Venus until December of this year.

19. During the ancient period, ancient astronomers referred to Venus as both Phosphorous and Hesperus, erroneously thinking that the object seen in the morning and evening were two distinct heavenly bodies. In honour of the Roman goddess of beauty and love, the planet was subsequently christened Venus.

20. On the surface of Venus, there are no craters that are smaller than 1.25 miles wide, in contrast to the rest of the planets' surfaces. A result of the planet's thick atmosphere, smaller asteroids are smashed to powder before they can reach its surface, resulting in the absence of tiny craters on its surface.

21. The surface conditions of Venus are very different from those experienced on Earth, despite its designation as the planet's twin. It is believed by scientists that the planet's surface is very hot and dry, and that it has no liquid water as a result of the extraordinarily high temperatures at the planet's surface.

22. For example, although the equatorial diameter of the Earth is 27 miles larger than the diameter measured from north pole to south pole, the two sizes of Venus are almost identical, resulting in the planet being almost perfectly shaped.

23. Like Earth, Venus has a limited lifetime due to its close closeness to the sun. Eventually, the sun will expand to the point where it will become a red giant star in a few thousand million years, and its brightness will rise to the point where it will almost certainly kill the planets in its vicinity (Mercury, Venus, and Earth).

24. In 1962, an unmanned United States spacecraft named Mariner 2 came within 21,600 miles of the planet after travelling through space for 312 months. It was the first time that Venus was seen from space since that time. From space, it was the first of all of the planets (with the exception of Earth) to be seen by a human being.

25. Venus has a magnetic field that is much less than the Earth's due to its slower rotational speed.

26. The vast majority of Venus's land area is made up of gently undulating plains and mountains. Mountains and hills are uncommon in this part of the country. Liquefaction has covered most of the land surface. There are many huge volcanoes on Venus, some of which are similar in size to those seen in Hawaii.

27. Venus is reached by sunlight after 6 minutes. If you were on Venus and the Sun suddenly vanished, it would take you six minutes to realise what was happening.

28. Venus has craters that resemble large spiders, and these craters have been given the name "Arachnoids" as a result of their appearance on Venus. When seen from above, several of the Volcanoes seem to be flattened, earning them the nickname "pancake volcanoes."

29. More than 40 spacecraft have travelled to Venus to far. 'Mariner 2' was the first spacecraft to be launched in 1962.' Mariner 5, Mariner 10, Pioneer Venus 1, Pioneer Venus 2, and an orbiter known as Magellan are just a few of the spacecraft that have travelled across space.

30. Scientists think that Venus previously had a temperature comparable to that of Earth billions of years ago, and that the planet originally had huge bodies of water or seas, according to their findings. However, because of the severe temperatures produced by the extreme greenhouse effect, this water has long since evaporated, and the surface of the planet is now much too hot and hostile to support life.

31. In comparison to Earth's atmosphere, Venus's is 92 times more intense. This implies that any tiny asteroids that reach the atmosphere of Venus are crushed by the enormous pressure, which explains why the planet's surface is devoid of minor craters. Under this pressure, it would be comparable to being about 1,000 kilometres below sea level on the planet's surface.

32. Venus has a nearly perfect sphere-like form, which implies that the distance between its equatorial and polar diameters is not significantly different.

33. Venus has the longest day of any planet in the Solar System, with a day that is longer than a calendar year. When Venus rotates on its own axis, it takes 243 Earth days to complete the rotation. Venus completes one revolution around the Sun in 225 Earth days, which is a record for any planet.

Sources: Facts Legend, Factretriever, The Planets, Royal Museums Greenwich, Space.com