So everyone knows the second closest planet to the sun in our solar system. It's Venus. Our planet Earth is the third closest, followed by Mars and so on. Well, Venus is a lot like Earth in size and mass, it is sometimes referred to as Earth's Sister Planet. That means Venus is a girl! Not really. Anyways, the surface of Venus is actually obscured by the thick clouds of sulfuric acid. We probably can't live there then. Surprisingly, Venus has no moons, which is weird for some reason. Maybe because of how close in size it is to Earth. Venus was also named after a Roman goddess of love and beauty, isn't that cute? Well, a lot like of Venus is the second closest to the sun, it's also the second brightest object in the sky. The Moon is the brightest, but apparently if the skies are clear you might be able to see Venus during the day. Neat! Another cool little fact about Venus is that its days are longer than its years. Seriously. A Venus day is 243 of Earth's days and one Venus' years takes 225 Earth days. Venus also experiences retrograde rotation. This just means that Venus spins counter-clockwise instead of regular clockwise. It doesn't really do much to the planet to spin this way, but it is very interesting in my opinion, I mean really, who wants to be different? Get your facts straight Venus, you're killing us. I'm about to hit you with another sweet fact. The atmosphere of Venus has so much pressure that it destroys asteroids entering the atmosphere. That means there are no craters on the surface of Venus. The pressure on Venus is about the same as the pressure at the very bottom of the ocean.
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