Either as an Evening or Morning Star At the moment it is the Morning Star brPage 5br Terrestrial Planets brPage 6br Terrestrial planet structure comprising coremantlecrust and similar composition to that of the Earth No tectonic motion but may still ID: 63655
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VenusEarth’s Sister Roman Goddess of LoveVenus -Bringer of Peace sky.Star. Terrestrial Planets Terrestrial planet structure comprising core-mantle-crust, No tectonic motion but may still be some volcanic activity.Surface invisible from outside due to dense cloud cover,upper clouds move very rapidly, can orbit planet in 4 days.Sixties by fly-by, orbiter and lander probe missions.The Magellan Probe in 1989 mapped 98% of the surfacefrom orbit using radar.Venus facts 1 Diameter (12100 km) = 95% Earth diameter (12800 km)Volume = 0.9 gSidereal day (longer than a Venus Year) = 243 daysVenusian day (sunrise to sunrise) = 117 daysRotation is backwards, axial tilt = 177º; the Sun, if you could see it, would rise in the West, and set in the East.Venus facts 2 of VenusSidereal Year = 225 daysVenusian Day = 117 days Temperatures greater than + 460°Celsius,atmospheric pressure is 90 times that on Earth,Venus facts 3 Phases of Venus When Venus passes between the Sun Rare Astronomical event. Why? Because Venus’ orbit around the Sun is inclined relative to Earth’s orbitTransits of Venus Transits occur in pairs over a 243 year cycle, the pair separated by 8 years VenusJune 2004 full transit visible June 2012 in transit at sunrisethen not until 2117 & 2125 The 1769 transit of Venus was observed Captain Cook’s expedition observed the transit of Venus from TahitiLanded at Botany Bay AustraliaClaimed both Australia and New Zealand for