Saturday, November 21, 2009

Bio: Venus

Venus is the second planet closet to the sun and in between Mercury and Earth. Astronomers often refer Venus as The nearest thing to hell in our Solar System. Clouds of acid cover the surface, where the temperature is high enough to melt lead. The atmosphere is so thick that it would crush a human in seconds. This dense atmosphere is of gas carbon dioxide. Venus's fun sets are different because, of the opposite rotation from the Earth. Therefore the Sun rises in the west ans sets in the east. The planet turns very slowy, taking 243 Earth days to rotate once. That makes Venus's "day" longer than its "year" (225 Earth days.) Beneath its clouds, Venus is covered with volcanoes, mountains and canyons.

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