Venus

inner planet of the Solar System, inferior planet
Part of	inner Solar System
Get use	terraforming of Venus, colonization of Venus
IPA transcription	ˈveːnʊs
Dem name after	Venus
Demonym	Venusian, Venerian, Venusano, Vénusien, زُهَرِيٌّ
Ein location	inner Solar System
Highest point	Skadi Mons
Lowest point	Diana Chasma
Studied by	observations and explorations of Venus, cytherology
Parent astronomical body	Sun
Get characteristic	orbit of Venus, life on Venus
Notation	Venus symbol
Epoch	J2000.0
Stack Exchange tag	https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/venus
Unicode character	♀

Venus (symbol: ) be de second planet for de sun. Ebe rocky planet plus de densest atmosphere of all de rocky bodies for de Solar System insyd, wey ebe de only one plus mass den size wey be close to dat of ein orbital neighbour Earth. Edey orbit inferiorly (insyd of Earth ein orbit), edey always appear for de Earth ein sky close go de Sun, as either "morning star" anaa "evening star". While dis sanso be true give Mercury, Venus dey appear much more prominently, since ebe de third brightest object for Earth ein sky insyd afta de Moon den de Sun,^[1]^[2] dey appear brighter dan any oda star-like classical planet anaa any fixed star. Plus such prominence insyd Earth ein sky, Venus historically be common den important object give humans, for both dema cultures den astronomy insyd.

References

↑ Lawrence, Pete (2005). "In Search of the Venusian Shadow". Digitalsky.org.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
↑ Walker, John. "Viewing Venus in Broad Daylight". Fourmilab Switzerland. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

Read further

O'Rourke, Joseph G.; Wilson, Colin F.; Borrelli, Madison E.; Byrne, Paul K.; Dumoulin, Caroline; Ghail, Richard; Gülcher, Anna J. P.; Jacobson, Seth A.; Korablev, Oleg; Spohn, Tilman; Way, M. J.; Weller, Matt; Westall, Frances (6 February 2023). "Venus, the Planet: Introduction to the Evolution of Earth's Sister Planet". Space Science Reviews (in English). 219 (1): 10. Bibcode:2023SSRv..219...10O. doi:10.1007/s11214-023-00956-0. hdl:20.500.11850/598198. ISSN 1572-9672. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
Widemann, Thomas; et al. (October 2023). "Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations". Space Science Reviews. 219 (7): 56. Bibcode:2023SSRv..219...56W. doi:10.1007/s11214-023-00992-w. hdl:10852/109541.

External links

Venus profile at NASA's Solar System Exploration site
Missions to Venus and Image catalogue at the National Space Science Data Center
Soviet Exploration of Venus and Image catalogue at Mentallandscape.com
Image catalogue from the Venera missions
Venus page at The Nine Planets
Transits of Venus Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine at NASA.gov
Geody Venus, a search engine for surface features
Interactive 3D gravity simulation of the pentagram that the orbit of Venus traces when Earth is held fixed at the centre of the coordinate system

Cartographic resources

Map-a-Planet: Venus by the U.S. Geological Survey
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Venus by the International Astronomical Union
Venus crater database by the Lunar and Planetary Institute
Map of Venus by Eötvös Loránd University
Google Venus 3D, interactive map of the planet

[1] Lawrence, Pete (2005). "In Search of the Venusian Shadow". Digitalsky.org.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.

[2] Walker, John. "Viewing Venus in Broad Daylight". Fourmilab Switzerland. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

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