By Malik Qader

VENUS

History

Mariner 2 in 1962
1970 Venera 7 first planet probe
1978 Pioneer Venus and Multi-Probe
Pioneer Venus Orbiter
1985 Vega spacecraft was a twin of
Mariner 2
1989 Magellan Mission space shuttle
2005 European Venus Express mission

Facts

Venus was discovered in the 17th Century BC.

Diameter is 7,522 miles about 400 miles smaller
than earth and Venus's mass is about 20% less
than Earths
Has an iron core and a rocky mantle and the
surface is very dry the atmosphere is 96% carbon
dioxide and 3% nitrogen
Venus has almost no craters but over 100
volcanoes.
There is almost no tilt on the axis
Venus is about 4.6 billion years old

Mythology

Many past cultures around the earth have

named Venus because it is very bright.
The Chinese called it the beautiful white
one
The Egyptians called it Bird
The Chaldeans called bright torch of
heaven
The Greeks named it after the goddess of
love and beauty

Pop culture

Venus is the symbol of the female gender.

There is a poem about Venus.

I am Venus, fifth planet above

The world, and am the light of Love.
I'm moist and cold, and in my hour
Men feel my great and awesome power.
Two houses are mine, in which I fare,
The Bull and Scales, and when I'm there
I live in joy and jollity,
And Mars can never frighten me.
In the cold, wet Fishes I'm glad to rise,
In the Virgin's sign my power dies.
In just one year and then one day
Through the signs I gently play.
By June, 1995. January, 2000.
Marianne Hansen

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