Venus

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Venus
Venus

• By Jessica Wong, Harrison Laluan, Randy Certeza,
  and Emani Daugherty
• Class Science 5th Period
• March 3, 2008

By Jessica Wong, Harrison Laluan, Randy Certeza,
and Emani Daugherty Class Science 5th
Period March 3, 2008
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Who was the planet named after?

• Venus is named after the goddess of love and
  beauty, Venus for the Romans, Aphrodite for the
  Greeks, and Ishtar for the Babylonians.

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Who discovered the planet?

• The discovery of Venus is not solely credited to
  any one, however many believe it was discovered
  by cavemen who looked upon the night sky and saw
  the planet.

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How does Venus look?

• Venus is the brightest planet, therefore a person
  can spot it in the sky using only the naked eye.
• With its thick atmosphere and many clouds,
  astronomers can only see a smooth, orange-ish
  cloud covering the planet.

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What is it composed of?

• Venuss atmosphere is mainly carbon dioxide
• Its clouds are mostly made of droplets of
  sulfuric acid
• Its surface contains many volcanoes and broad
  plains made from lava flows

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Venuss Core

• Scientists believe Venuss core consists of a
  liquid metal similar to Earths however no
  seismic data has been found to confirm it,
  possibly because of the planets slow rotation.

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Venuss Terrain
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How far is it from the sun?

• Venus is the second planet from the sun
• About 0.72 AU away from the star

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How long is its orbit?

• Venuss orbit is about 224.7 Earth days or about
  7.5 months.

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How long is one day?

• Surprisingly, Venuss day is longer than its year
• It completes one rotation in about 8 Earth months

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Haw far is it from Earth?

• As of 939 p.m. CDT, Venus is currently
  74,214,000 miles away from Earth.

Venuss path from Earth.
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How many moons?

• Venus has no moons or any other natural
  satellites.

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Interesting Facts

• Venus is the brightest planet in the solar system
• Venus rotates from East to West
• Its average temperature is 460 degrees Celsius
• Venus is an example of the green house effect
• It is a terrestrial planet

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Other Names for Venus

• Morning Star
• Evening Star
• Witch Star
• Dragon Star
• Earths sister planet

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The End
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Music

• Milky Way by The Pack
• Superstar by Lupe Fiasco

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Bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
• Frank, David V., Jones, T. Griffith, Little,
  John G., Mialoulis, Beth, Miller, Steve, and
  Pasachoff, Jay M.. California Physical Science.
• Boston Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. (pg.
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• http//hawaii.hawaii.edu/math/Courses/Math100/Chap
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• http//www.mother-god.com/images/venus-goddess-of-
  love.jpg
• http//www.nineplanets.org/venus.html
• http//www.phy.olemiss.edu/luca/astr/Topics-Solar
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• http//www.prose-n-poetry.com/images/anime/sailor_
  venus/Sailor_Venus-17127.jpg
• http//www.solarviews.com/thumb/venus/vidven1.jpg