Facts of Venus, the Hottest Planet in the Solar System

Venus - Venus is one of the closest planets to Earth. Like Earth, Venus also has a volcano, NASA quoted Space Place.

Venus turned out to have a hot temperature. In fact, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. The surface temperature of Venus can reach 880 degrees Fahrenheit (471 degrees Celsius).

Venus has mountains, valleys, and tens of thousands of volcanoes. The highest mountain on Venus, Maxwell Montes, is 20,000 feet (8.8 kilometers) high, similar to the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest.

Venus has a thick atmosphere filled with greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and clouds made of sulfuric acid. The gas traps heat and keeps Venus warm. In fact, on Venus it is so hot, metals such as lead will become a pool of melted liquid.

Venus rotates in the opposite direction to Earth and its rotation is very slow. This planet takes about 243 days on Earth to spin just once.

Because Venus is very close to the sun, a year goes by quickly. Venus takes 225 days on Earth to move around the sun. This means that one day on Venus is slightly longer than one year on Venus.

Because days and years are similar, a day on Venus is not like a day on Earth. If on Earth the sun rises and sets every day, on Venus the sun rises every 117 days on Earth.

This means the sun rises twice every year on Venus. Because Venus rotates in a different direction from Earth, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

Like Mercury, Venus has no moon.

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