Venus is a planet. It is the second planet from the sun and the hottest planet. It is the hottest because it has the greenhouse effect. The atmosphere of Venus is made of carbon dioxide. The atmosphere traps a small amount of energy.

The core of Venus is made of nickel and iron. It has no moons.  Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Venus can be seen in the night sky because it is so bright because of the thick clouds the light from the sun reflects off Venus's thick clouds. Venus's temperature is 482 degrees C.

Astronomers believe that Venus is Earth's sister planet. They both have some similar traits like size, their mass, and volume. Venus has a rocky crust. There is not any water on the planet because of the surface and temperature.

Do you want to know all the missions to Venus. The first mission was in 1962 called Mariner 2, the second was Venera 7 in 1970,  third was Mariner 10 in 1974, fourth was Venera 9 in 1975, fifth was Pioneer Venus 2 in 1978, and  finally 6th was Magelian in 1990. Over twenty times is how many times Venus has been visited.

They say Galileo in 1610 was first to discover Venus, and some say no one was credited with the discovery of Venus.

One orbit  around the sun takes about 224.701 earth days 1 rotation 243.16 earth days. The average distance from the sun is about 4,869,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, the temperature is 480C = 750K = 900F.
 

Venus has no rings. It looks like a bright star.The interior is similar to earths. There is about 1,600 major volcanoes. It is also called Lucifer for a rocky planet.

Credits:
http://www1.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/mercury.html
http://www.sciencemonster.com/planets_venus.html
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/ss_venus.htm
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/venus.htm
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/venus/venus.html
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/venus.htm
http://www.nineplanets.org/venus.html
Venus Pictures: http://www.nineplanets.org/venus.html
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/venus.htm