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Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It's known as the Earths' sister planet and is one of the hottest planets in our Solar System.

Venus is made out of rock and iron. The colour of Venus is a light brown. Apart from the moon Venus the is the most visable planet from Earth. You can see Venus before sunrise or sunset, thats why it's called morning or evening star. On average Venus is about 490°c and is one of the hottest planet's in our solar system. Unfortunily there is no oxygen on Venus this means we can't stay there for a long period of time. The reason that Venus is so hot is that it atomosphere traps the heat inside it's own atomosphere. Scientists believe every couple hundred thousnand years Venus will become a huge ocean of lava. You can't land on Venus because it's too hot. Even if they call Earth Venus' sister planet it's not like that at all. Venus in a very unique planet but it's not like others. They've known about Venus ever since prehistoric times and it's the brightest planet in night sky. So when you look in the sky just remember, it's a big place in space.