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Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. After Earth's Moon, it is the brightest object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6. As an inferior planet from Earth it never appears to venture far from the Sun, and its elongation reaches a maximum of 47.8°. Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, and is often referred to as the Morning Star or the Evening Star.
A terrestrial planet, it is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet", as the two are similar in size and bulk composition. The planet is covered with an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds and its surface cannot be seen from space in visible light. Venus was a subject of great speculation until some of its secrets were revealed by planetary science in the 20th century. Venus has the densest atmosphere of the terrestrial planets, consisting mostly of carbon dioxide, and the atmospheric pressure at the planet's surface is 90 times that of the Earth.
Venus' surface has been mapped in detail only in the last 20 years. It shows evidence of extensive volcanism, and some of its volcanoes may still be active today. In contrast to the constant crustal movement seen on Earth, Venus is thought to undergo periodic episodes of plate tectonics, in which the crust is subducted rapidly within a few million years separated by stable periods of a few hundred million years.
The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love, and most of its surface features are named after famous and mythological women. The adjective Venusian is commonly used for items related to Venus, though the Latin adjective is the rarely used Venereal; the now-archaic Cytherean is still occasionally encountered.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system and is named after Mars the Roman god of war. Mars is also known as the "Red Planet" due to its reddish night time appearance when seen from Earth. The prefix areo-, from the Greek god of war, Ares, refers to Mars in the same way geo- refers to Earth. It is known as 火星 to the Chinese, meaning star of fire, and Mangala or Angaraka in Sanskrit. In Indian languages like Hindi and Telugu, Tuesday is called Mangalvaar, named after Mangala, Mars, and Bahram in Persian, related to Persian mythology.
Until the first flyby of Mars by Mariner 4 in 1965, it was thought that Mars had channels of liquid water. Observations later showed that these channels do not exist. Still, of any planet in our solar system after the Earth, Mars is the most likely to harbor liquid water, and perhaps life. Its rotational period and seasonal cycles are also similar to those of the Earth. It has the highest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons, the largest canyon in the solar system, Valles Marineris, and polar ice caps.
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are small and oddly-shaped. These may be captured asteroids such as 5261 Eureka. Mars can be seen from Earth by the naked eye with a brightness of up to -2.9 magnitude, a maximum surpassed only by Venus, the Moon and the Sun. For much of the year, Jupiter may appear brighter to the naked eye than Mars.
Mars is currently host to four orbiting spacecraft and the two Mars Exploration Rovers.
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2006-09-12 20:26:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman god of war. It has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. The reddish orange appearance is caused by iron oxide, also known as rust. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman goddess of love. It has no moons. The atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide and the pressure at the surface is about 90 times that on Earth. It's essentially one big greenhouse with the surface temperature soaring to around 400 °C.
2006-09-12 20:31:03
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answered by Andy S 6
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Hmmm, properly I actually have a Gemini Ascendant and so my Descendant is Sagittarius. i do no longer likely attraction to that many Sagittarius and in spite of the indisputable fact that i think of those that i be attentive to incorporate humorous or notwithstanding, i've got no longer dated any Sadges. I shop drawing Capricorns, Taurus, and Pisces via the loadsssssssssss. So i myself don't be attentive to. Me: Sagittarius w. a Leo Moon, Gemini transforming into, Venus and Mars in Scorpio
2016-09-30 21:52:46
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answered by ? 4
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Mars is the most like planet to Earth and if the environment goes like this for 40 years, we might have to go to Mars to live there.
2006-09-12 20:20:07
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answered by Eddy 2
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Venus is a name used to describe a greek goddes...of beauty i think...it's the most interesting plannet there is...pretty. it's probably a girl because it's amasingly interesting, mysterious, unique and it smells awesome. No man has ever stepped on Venus. Russians were the first ones to attemps to land a probe on it. If it was a girl plannet, i would've kissed it. ia'm stupid too
2006-09-12 21:14:07
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answered by You're giving it all away! 2
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I have taken ballons tied rocks to them filled them with air and then release them and they have pulled them right out of mars gravity.
2006-09-13 09:25:55
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answered by Anonymous
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men are from mars, women from venus.
2006-09-12 20:24:06
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answered by Anonymous
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They're both planets, that's for sure.
Oh, and they're round.... like an orange
2006-09-12 20:23:16
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answered by ♤ 5
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