● Venus is hotter than Mercury despite being further away from the Sun with temperature of 462°C.
● Unlike the other planets in our solar system, Venus spins clockwise on its axis. It's because a colliding celestial body tilted Venus so far off its original position that it is now upside down.
● With the help of clouds of sulfuric acid in its atmosphere Venus is the second brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon.
● Venus has 90 times the atmospheric pressure of Earth.
● Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
● Because Venus is easy to spot with the naked eye, it is impossible to say who discovered the planet.
● Winds swipe across Venus at super-fast speeds that can reach 450 miles an hour.
● Venus is actually only a little bit smaller than our home planet, with a mass about 80% of Earth's.
● The magnetic field of Venus is 0.000015 times that of Earth's magnetic field.
● You could fit about 1.5 million planets the size of Venus inside the Sun.
● Venus has montains, valleys, and tens of thousands of volcanoes. The highest mountain on Venus, Maxwell Montes, is 20,000 feet / 8.8 kilometers high.
● It takes sunlight 6 minutes to reach Venus.
● Any spacecraft sent to Venus survives for around Some Minutes or hour because of the hot temperatures.
● Venus has been explored by more than 40 spacecraft.
● It is impossible to see the Sun from its surface because of sulfuric clouds.
● Due to its limited axial tilt, Venus does not experience any seasons.
● When Venus lies between Earth and the Sun, it makes the closest approach to Earth of any planet.
● Scientists doubt any life could exist on Venus, due to the extremely hot temperatures on the planet.
● A hole in Venus’ ionosphere was noticed by Pioneer Venus Orbiter.
● Venus has the longest day of any planet in the Solar System.
