Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love. It is the brightest natural object in the night sky, except for the Moon.
Classified as a terrestrial planet, it is sometimes called Earth’s “sister planet”, because they are similar in [...]
A large Venus mosaic created from orange and UV filter images
taken by the spacecraft Mariner 10 in 1974. Credit NASA
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