A Great Beauty
The second planet form the Sun is Venus, at 103,200,000km form the Sun. It is also the hottest planet because heat from the Sun is trapped by the fast-moving sulphuric acid clouds, much like a 'Green house Effect.' This causes Venus to reach temperature of up to 480°C. Venus's diameter spans approximately 12,104km which makes it almost as large as Earth. Venus can also be called the 'morning and evening star.' From Earth, it is visible at dawn and dusk. However, Venus was named after the mythological Roman goddess of love (named Venus). This is due to it being the brightest natural object in our night sky.
Structure and Atmosphere
Scientists believe that the structure of Venus is much like Earth. It has a core made of iron, a mantle made of dense rock and a layer of crust. However, it does not have a very strong magnetic field.
Venus has an extremely dense atmosphere which is mostly made of carbon dioxide. The atmosphere's mass is approximately 93 times that of Earth's, making its surface pressure 92 times that of Earth. The atmosphere on Venus has many clouds of sulfur dioxide that trap in the heat of the Sun. If a human were to be on Venus they would asphyxiate from the poisonous atmosphere, cook from extremely high heat, and be crushed by the enormous atmospheric pressure, all at the same time.
Orbit
Venus has an orbit route that is almost circular but rotates in the opposite direction to most planets. All the planets, except Venus and Uranus orbit counterclockwise whereas these two planets rotate clockwise. This means that from Venus, the Sun would appear to rise in the west and set in the east. Scientists are unsure as to why Venus and Uranus have this unusual rotation.
Venus's orbit is much slower than Earth. This makes 1 day on Venus last 243 Earth days. It takes 224.7 Earth days to orbit the Sun once, resulting in Venus having under 1 day in each year. It takes 224.7 Earth days for Venus to orbit the sun once. Venus has an angle tilt of 117°, making it rotate on its side.