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Venus was known as the horned planet because it resembles our moon. When a planet or moon partially eclipses it, it resembles our crescent moon. And people with very good eyesight could actually see this. So the horned planet.

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Planet Venus is called Venus because it was named after the Roman Goddess of love (Venus).

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Venus was known as the horned planet because it resembles our moon. When a planet or moon partially eclipses it, it resembles our crescent moon that looks like a horn

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Venus is called a veiled planet because it is covered with thick clouds. Venus is the second planet in the Solar System.

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Venus is called as Veiled planet due to a cover around object. Carbon dioxide is covered thickly around it.

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Because it was named after the roman goddess of beauty and they thought Venus was beautiful

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