Venus is the second planet from the sun and the sixth largest. Venus orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1%. Venus orbit is 108,200,000 km. Its diameter is 12,103.6 km, and its mass is 4.869e24 kg. Venus which means Aphrodite in Greek, is the goddess of love and beauty. The planet was probably named that because it is the brightest of the planets known to the ancients. …showed first 75 words of 801 total…

…showed last 75 words of 801 total…craters from early in Venus history. The interior of Venus is probably very similar to Earth an iron core about 3000 km in radius. Venus has a very strong and thick crust. Venus has no magnetic field, maybe because of its slow rotation. Venus has no satellites. Venus is usually visible with the unaided eye. Sometimes referred to as the "morning star" or the "evening star", it is by far the brightest "star" in the sky.