Venus

Hi this is Bevaan R. and I would like to share information about Venus, the second closest planet to the sun. It is the most heated planet in the solar system. It is covered in volcanoes, lava flows, and molten rock. Its orange appearance is because of the clouds. Thick clouds surround the planet's atmosphere. Here you will only expect to find ruins, destruction, and devastation. Venus is actually only a little bit smaller than our home planet, with a mass about 80% of Earth's. The interior of Venus is made of a metallic iron core that's roughly 2,400 miles (6,000 km) wide. Venus has a molten rocky mantle that is roughly 1,200 miles (3,000 km) thick. Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love because it appeared as the brightest and most beautiful star in the skies. Venus has clouds that are not made of water vapor like Earth’s clouds. Clouds on Venus are made mostly of carbon dioxide with a bit of sulfur dioxide. They also contain corrosive sulfuric acid. Because carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, the atmosphere traps heat from the Sun and creates a powerful greenhouse effect.

Why Venus is the hottest planet

Even though Venus is further from the Sun than Mercury, the greenhouse effect makes Venus the hottest planet. Temperatures at the surface can reach 465 °C (860 °F) which is hot enough to melt lead. A rocky ground lies beneath the layers of clouds. But unlike Mars and Mercury, which are both scarred by craters, Venus has a relatively smooth surface. Scientists used to think of Venus as a rainy, damp, cold and wet planet, but it is actually not! Venus is actually the opposite. The only reason for it's cloudy appearance is because of the clouds itself. They are very thick, just like I said in the first paragraph. If you were on the surface, you would evaporate in less then 1 second! It does make sense for lava to be in huge numbers on a planet like Venus, but it still seems to me as if something is hidden, and we cannot see it.

Fun facts

Here are some fun facts about Venus you probably didn't know:

•A day on Venus is longer than a year on earth

•Venus spins clockwise, unlike the other planets which spin counterclockwise

•Venus is the second brightest natural object in the sky

•Venus was the first planet to have its motions plotted across the sky, as early as the second millennium BC

•We tend to say 'Venusian' not 'Venerian'

•Venus has an atmosphere that can destroy spacecraft very quickly as it is very hot.

•Venus might have once been habitable like Earth (You should check the page out) but because of the greenhouse affect it turned in to a wasteland