The planet Venus is nearest neighbor of Earth. It took the name from the Greek God named Venus and was also called Evening Star. The planet Venus can be observed after sunset and before sunrise. Venus is the solar system's 6th largest planet and is closer to the sun than the Earth. It is the only planet that orbits clockwise.

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Venus is called Shukra in the old Hindu astrology. It was observed by the Babylonians in the early 1600Bc and was called planet Ishtar, the goddess of love and womanhood.

Venus was known as the wandering star long before the invention of telescope. The westerners had opinion Venus to be two separate planets in the morning and late afternoon. Phythagoras was the first to find out in the 6th century that the planet was one. He opinion that Venus orbited nearby Earth. Galileo noticed in 17th century that Venus had traits like the moon.

A Russian genius named Mikhail Lomonosov had first discovered the climate of Venus in 1761. Further observations were made by Johann Schroter an1790 and figured out that Venus appeared like a crescent. Chester Smith Lyman was the first to scrutinize the ring nearby dark side of the planet. The climate of Venus is very dense which causes qoute for scientists who wanted to know its rotation period. However, Johan Schroter and Giovanni Cassini opinion that Venus had a rotation period of 24 hours.

Venus has some traits which are similar with Earth. Venus contains silicon rocks gift on its exterior just like Earth. The size and make up is similar to Earth. Moreover, Venus and Earth has the same core that is made up of ageement iron deposits and the center of Venus is very similar to that of Earth. However, its climate is very dense for hosting life. Venus is filled with sulfuric acid clouds and the severe heat dries up all bodies of water. Its exterior is a lot hotter than Mercury's. Majority of Venus exterior features are inspired from women.

There have been a estimate of space probe missions to Venus. The first one was the Russian Venera 1. Any way it lost experience with Earth after seven days. The first thriving spacecraft that came close to Venus was America's Mariner 2 in 1962. There have been over 20 spacecraft visits to Venus.

Discovery of Planet Venus