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A day on Venusis longer than its year.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Of all the solar system's planets, Venus is the closest to a twin of Earth, with a similar size, orbit and composition.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Floating cities above the clouds of Venus may be our best bet for becoming a two-planet species. Conditions there are so similar to Earth a human wouldn't need a pressurized suit, the gravity is similar and transit times are shorter than to Mars.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It snows metalon planet Venus.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The surface gravities of Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all quite similar (within 15%) to Earth's.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There are 5 planets you can see with the naked eye, not using a telescope: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Your voice would be deeper on Venus because its dense atmosphere would cause your vocal cords to vibrate more slowly.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Soviets landed a spacecraft on Venus in 1970. It became the first to land on another planet and the first to transmit data from there back to Earth.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system, with over 1600.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Temperatures in Venus can reach a 870 degrees Fahrenheit (470 degrees Celsius).♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Winds howl across Venus at super-fast speeds that can reach 450 mph (724 kph) in its middle cloud layer.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In about 5 billion years, the Sun will deplete its supply of hydrogen and helium, turning into a red giant star, consuming Mercury and Venus and maybe even Earth.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Venus spins in the opposite direction from most other planets so that on Venus the sun rises in the west.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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No man-made object has survived on Venus for more than 127 minutes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
