Venus Planet. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune and Pluto the dwarf planet. Venus is the second closest planet to the sun at a distance of about 67 million miles 108 million km. Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun and our closest planetary neighbor. Venus is a terrestrial planet and therefore has a central core a rocky mantle and a solid crust.
At its nearest it is. Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon and sometimes looks like a bright star in the morning or evening sky. Its thick atmosphere traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect making it the hottest planet in our solar system with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Venus would have been capable of hosting life similar to Earth if not only for Jupiters interference in its planetary motion. No planet approaches closer to Earth than Venus. Mar 19 2021 Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.
Venus second planet from the Sun and sixth in the solar system in size and mass.
No planet approaches closer to Earth than Venus. Venus rotates on its axis from East to West similar to that of Uranus direction of rotation. Its thick atmosphere traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect making it the hottest planet in our solar system with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Jan 16 2020 Venus the second planet from the sun is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty and is the only planet named after a female. Venus second planet from the Sun and sixth in the solar system in size and mass. 3 A Day Longer Than a Year One day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days because Venus spins backwards with its sun rising in the west and setting in the east.