What are the unique features of the planet Venus?

Answer 1

Venus has a similar chemical composition to Earth. It is the hottest planet in the solar system, the surface is extremely dry with no liquid water. The surface is covered by smooth plains and long lava flows.

Answer 2

Venus has a thick atmosphere composed mainly of carbon dioxide, which creates a strong greenhouse effect and leads to extreme heat on its surface. It rotates on its axis in the opposite direction to most planets in our solar system, causing the sun to rise in the west and set in the east. Venus is also covered in dense clouds of sulfuric acid that obscure its surface from view.

Answer 3

The planet Venus is the second planet from the Sun, only about 2/3 as far from the Sun as Earth, and appears as a bright star in the sky. It orbits the Sun once every 225 Earth days.

It is nearly the same size as Earth, and began with almost the same composition. However, it receives much more heat from the Sun, and as a result developed a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere that traps heat, making the surface of the planet hellishly hot (about 860°F) and with a pressure 90 times as high as at sea level on Earth. It has no oceans, and in fact no liquid water. It has practically no magnetic field. Due to some primordial event, Venus has lost its counter-clockwise rotation and instead turns slowly clockwise, once about every 243 Earth days.

The surface consists of generally smooth volcanic plains with two major highlands or continents rising from them. Venus has a wide variety of volcanic landforms, but there are no tectonic plates.

More importantly, it does not have the capability of harboring lifeforms as are found on Earth.

Answer 4

Some unique things about Venus:

-- It is the only major planet named for a goddess rather than a god.

-- It rotates very slowly clockwise, its original counter-clockwise spin having been somehow stopped and reversed.

-- It has the densest atmosphere of any terrestrial-type planet. It is also the hottest for the same reason. It is the only planet that has no apparent ice, and also has no liquid water. Almost all of its original hydrogen has been lost to space.

-- It is the closest planet to Earth, the nearest planet to Earth in size, and the brightest planet in the night sky.

Answer 5

Venus is closer to the Sun than Earth, about 2/3 as far away. It is usually the closest planet to Earth, appearing as a bright evening or morning star, but its thick clouds prevent us from seeing its surface.

It is very hot, having a dense carbon dioxide atmosphere (with a surface pressure 90 times that of Earth) that traps solar heat. The average surface temperature is about 860°F across the entire planet, even the night side. There are no oceans, and no liquid water on Venus.

The planet's original counter-clockwise rotation was somehow stopped, and it now spins slowly clockwise. It has practically no magnetic field, and much of its hydrogen (disassociated from water) has been lost to space.

Answer 6

Color.

It's very hot ,even in Venus's night.

It has a very dense carbon dioxide atmosphere.

It rotates slowest of the planets and the spin is backwards compared with Earth.

Answer 7

venus is covered with poisinous acid, in a yellowish cloud, and so no human would be able to get anywhere near it. that's probably it's most distinctive feature, but the fact that it is the brightest planet(and most beautiful) stands out too.

Answer 8

Venus is often referred to as the twin of earth, as both share same size dimensions. It is the brightest planet in whole solar system.

Answer 9

venus has one day equal to our earth's one hundred seventeen days.

Answer 10

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