| Venus is the second closest
planet to the Sun, and the closest planet to the Earth.
Venus looks like a bright star in the Earth's sky.
Venus
is about the same size as Earth. It has a thick,
yellowish-white atmosphere. This makes it appear cloud
covered when looked at through a telescope.
This atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide, with a
little oxygen, water and sulfur dioxide. It has an
atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than Earth, about
the same as being one half a mile beneath the ocean
surface. The surface temperature of Venus is about 480
degrees Celcius. |
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