Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is the second brightest object in the night sky after the Moon. Venus is the second largest terrestrial planet, The surface of the planet is concealed by an opaque layer of clouds made up of sulphuric acid. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system: The average surface temperature is 462 °C, and because Venus does not tilt on its axis, there is no seasonal variation. The dense atmosphere of around 96.5 percent carbon dioxide traps heat and causes a greenhouse effect. A day on Venus lasts longer than an earth year Venus orbits rounds the in sun in 262 days. The earth takes 365 days to complete an orbit. So a year on Venus lasts for 262 days. Fact : Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

Venus is sometimes referred to as the Earth’s sister planet due the their similar size and mass. Earth and Venus only have a 638 km difference in diameter, Venus having 81.5% of the Earth’s mass. Both also have a central core, a molten mantle and a crust. Planet Profile : Mass: 4,867,320,000,000,000 billion kg (0.815 x Earth) Equatorial Diameter: 12,104 km Polar Diameter: 12,104 km Equatorial Circumference: 38,025 km Surface Temperature: 462 °C Fact: A day on Venus lasts longer than an earth year. The atmosphere of Venus made up mainly of carbon dioxide. The clouds create the most corrosive acid rain found anywhere in our solar system. The surface of Venus is often described as a "stormy desert" full of many craters and very active volcanoes. The surface is also related to molten lead. Venus features no liquid water.

The closest planet to the sun is Mercury. Then comes Venus and then Earth, followed by Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. The planets in the Solar system are given the names of Roman Gods or their attendants. Venus is 67 million miles, or 108 million kilometres, from the Sun. There is no life at all on Venus and creatures could never be to survive there because of the extreme heat and the atmosphere. In 1975 the Soviet Union sent two spacecraft landers to Venus, Venera 9 and Venera 10. These landers were the very first to reach the planet’s surface and they sent back images to the Earth. This was the first photograph of Venus.