THE PLANET VENUS
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The Planet Venus
http://wwwflag.wr.usgs.gov/USGSFlag/Space/wall/venus...
Solar System Chart | Solar System Text (Non-Tables) | (Non-Tables) The Planet Venus Constants MEAN RADIUS: 6051.9 km MASS: 0.814 (Earth=1) DENSITY: 5.24 (gm/cm) GRAVITY: 0.903 | |
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The Face of Venus (FOV) Home Page
http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~bud/craters/FaceOfVenus.html
Home Page. Learn about the surface of the planet Venus through hypertext documents and the interactive databases of craters and coronae. About this page & what's new Overview of |  |
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Venus
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/venus.htm
Mass (kg)............................................4.87 x 10^24 Diameter (km)........................................12104 Mean density (kg/m^3) | |
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Planet Venus
http://www.icu2.net/faahomepage/venus.htm
At first glance, if Earth had a twin, it would be Venus. The two planets are similar in size, mass, composition, and distance from the Sun. But the twins' similarities end there. | |
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Magellan Mission to Venus
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/magellan.html
on August 10, 1990 and was inserted into a near-polar elliptical orbit with a periapsis altitude of 294 km at 9.5 deg. N. Radio contact with Magellan was lost on October 12, 1994. |
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Venus Hypermap
http://www.ess.ucla.edu/hypermap/Vmap/top.html
Learn what NASA's Magellan mission discovered about the planet by "walking through" its terrain. |  |
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Interior and Surface of Venus
http://windows.ivv.nasa.gov/venus/interior_surface.html
Access a paragraph describing the interior and exterior chemical composition of this molten planet. | |
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Venus - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/venus/
Get a general description of the planet's atmosphere, and why its composition nullifies the possibility of life there. | |
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Venus - Voyage to the Unknown
http://library.advanced.org/11117/voyage2unknown/venus.htm
Learn about this planet's deadly atmosphere and proximity to the Sun, which make it uninhabitable for life as we know it. View images. | |
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Welcome to Venus
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/1050/venus.htm
Wander a gallery of photos depicting the landscapes of this large planet. | |
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Venus - NSSDC Photo Gallery
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-venus.html
View the National Space Science Data Center's 3D images, ultraviolet weather patterns, and landscapes of this planet. | |
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Venus - University of Tennessee
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/venus/venus.html
See comparisons between the Earth and this planet, or follow a link to an image and a list of statistics. | |
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Images from Venus Revealed
http://sunra.colorado.edu/david/images.html
Bestselling book provides a glimpse into satellite and infrared photos of this planet. Includes descriptive text to go with each image. | |
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Venus - 3D Planet Tour
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/stereo_atlas/HTDOCS/PLANETS_TOUR.HTM
Review a collection of details about the surface of this hot planet, which is the second-closest to the Sun. Follow links to diagrams. | |
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Venus - Astronomy for Kids
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/venus/venus.htm
Find an informative, easy-to-understand examination of the planet's atmosphere, location, and evolution. Includes links to photos. | |
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Venus Fast Facts
http://www.acim.usl.edu/SOLAR/venus/venus.html
Get details about this molten planet's location and atmosphere, and read about explorations of its surface. See an image archive. | |
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Venus Probes
http://spaceboy.nasda.go.jp/Note/tansa/e/Tan05_e.html
Find a discussion of this planet's orbit, reflection, and atmosphere. Includes descriptions of NASA space explorations. | |
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MSN Encarta - Venus
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=01635000
Learn about this nearby planet's atmospheric composition, topography, volcanic activity, and rather warm surface temperatures. | |
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Planet Venus
http://members.aol.com/gca7sky/planets/venus.htm
Links about Venus for homework help | |
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StarChild: The planet Venus
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/shadow/solar_system_level1/venus.html
Venus: Earth's Twin Venus is called the Evening Star. It is called this because it looks so bright to us from Earth. Venus and Earth are almost the same size. Venus is the closest planet to Earth, but it does not have oceans or human life like... | |
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Spacelink - Pioneer Venus
http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Space.Science/Solar.System/Pioneer.Venus/.index.html
Pioneer Venus provided data for the first topographic maps of 90 percent of the planet's previously unknown surface. | |
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Venus
http://science.peoriaud.k12.az.us/ScienceWebs/Athena/curric/space/planets/venus.html
Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is a bit closer to the Sun and about the same size as the Earth. The year on Venus is about 225 Earth days. The day is about 243 Earth days, so it turns very slowly. Venus is a solid planet... | |
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Magellan Mission to Venus (JPL)
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/mgn.html
Magellan Mission to Venus Welcome to the Magellan Project home page! NASA's Magellan spacecraft made a dramatic conclusion to its highly successful mission at Venus when it is commanded to plunge into the planet's dense atmosphere Tuesday, October.. | |
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VENUS HOME PAGE
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/2683/venuhome.htm
THE BRIGHTEST INVISIBLE PLANET Next inward toward the Sun from Earth lies a planet of almost identical size, Venus. The atmosphere of Venus is permanently opaque, and the planets surface is never seen from space. ATMOSPHERE There are two areas of... | |
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Venus
http://tid.cdscc.nasa.gov/spacecraft/venu.html
Our sister planet Venus resembles Earth in size, physical composition and density more closely than any other planet. However, spacecraft have discovered significant differences. For example, Venus rotates west to east making it retrograde ... | |
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Venus
http://www.calpoly.edu/~jbanfiel/ED480/venusinfo.htm
VENUS Venus is the planet you can see every evening. It is sometimes called the evening star. It appears in the western sky, just above the horizon at sunset. Venus is sometimes referred to as Earth's twin because it is close to the same size and... | |
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Venus
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/venuspage.html
Venus Venus Fact Sheet Images of Venus - from the Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging NSSDC Planetary Photo Gallery - More Images of Venus Frequently Asked Questions Missions to Venus Magellan - NASA Venus Radar Mapping Mission (1989-1994) Pioneer Venus.. | |
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Venus
http://www.coh.arizona.edu/techcom/planets/venus.htm
Venus is the second planet (0.72 AU) from the Sun and the sixth largest. It was named for the goddess of love and beauty, probably because it is the brightest object in the sky except for the Sun and the Moon. The first spacecraft to visit Venus... | |
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Venus
http://www.earthspace.net/solar_system/venus_html/venus.htm
Venus The Planet of Extremes Venus was at one time thought to be the planet that was most like the Earth, it was even called Earth's sister planet. Venus is 95% the size of the Earth, has a density close to Earth's and is only about 30% closer to... | |
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Venus, the planet
http://www.kings.k12.ca.us/huhsd/huhse/projects/ai4/venus.htm
Venus Second Planet from the Sun Venus, to some people, is just another planet in the galaxy. But to me, Venus is a very interesting planet. I did research on this planet and found out a lot about it. After you are finished reading and learning... | |
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Information by Planet
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets.html
Planetary Missions, Data and Information Mercury - Mariner 10 Venus - Magellan, Pioneer Venus, Galileo Earth - Galileo Moon - Lunar Prospector, Clementine, Galileo, Apollo, Lunar Orbiter, etc. Mars - Mars Pathfinder, Mars Global Surveyor, Phobos... | |
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Venus.html.document
http://www.stsci.edu/exined-html/Venus.html
Magellan, the spacecraft sent to map the surface of our sister planet, Venus, has returned an unprecedented amount of data in a successful effort far beyond NASA's original goals. Magellan Project Scientist Steve Saunders and Deputy Project... |  |
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Mariner 5 to Venus
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mariner5
Mariner 5 was launched to Venus on June 14, 1967, and arrived in the vicinity of the planet on October 19, 1967. The spacecraft carried a complement of experiments to probe Venus's atmosphere with radio waves, scan its brightness in ultraviolet... |  |
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Venus
http://hoku.ifa.hawaii.edu/astrokid/files/venus.htm
VENUS The planet Venus is covered with clouds. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is almost the same size as Earth. Venus goes around the Sun every 225 days. We cannot see the surface of Venus because it always has thick clouds. The... | |
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APOD: May 1, 1998 - Venus: Just Passing By
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980501.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. May 1, 1998 Venus: Just Passing By Credit... |  |
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STEPS Students : Years 3 & 4 - Earth From Space, Atmosphere on Venus
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/Steps/students/3-4Years/venus.htm
STEPS is a Science and Technology site for students and teachers which offers interactive multimedia projects. Activities compliment the STEPS television program and teacher support materials developed by the Victorian Department of Education. | |
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Transcript - Venus (August 20, 1999)
http://www.earthsky.com/1999/es990820.html
Venus When we next see the planet Venus -- in the east before dawn -- people gazing through telescopes will see the planet in a crescent phase -- like a crescent moon.Friday, August 20, 1999 JB: I'm Joel Block.DB: And I'm Deborah Byrd for Earth and. | |
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Spacelink - Venus
http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Support/Space.Science/Our.Solar.System/Venus/.index.html
Venus, the second planet from the sun, is the hottest planet in the solar system. Read here to learn more about Venus. | |
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The Solar System - Venus
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solarsystem/venus
About the same size as Earth, Venus has a thick, poisonous atmosphere of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid. The immense heat and pressure at its surface make this planet completely uninhabitable. NASA's Magellan spacecraft used a special radar to... | |
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Venus (planet) - Encarta Online Concise
http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/16/01635000.htm
Venus (planet) , second planet from the sun. Because of the distances of the orbits of Venus and Earth from the sun, Venus is neve | |
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Solar System: Planets: Venus
http://zepa.net/astro/venus.html
Solar System: Planets: Venus Venus is the closest planet to the Earth of all the planets in the Solar System. Yet it has been little visited by spacecrafts, mainly due to its very hostile environment. Some basic facts about Venus: Diameter of 12100. | |
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APOD: September 23, 1996 - Venus: Earth's Cloudy Twin
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960923.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. September 23, 1996 Venus: Earth's Cloudy Twin... | |
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Mission to Venus - Magellan - The Mosaic Image Data
http://cd-rom-guide.com/cdprod1/cdhrec/003/726.shtml
This set of 67 discs contains 10 Mosaic Image Data Record files and associated documentation taken by NASA's Magellan Spacecraft of the planet Venus. The disks contain a mixed collection of F-MIDR, surface of Venus at several resolutions. | |
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CNN - Cassini spacecraft swings by Venus - April 26, 1998
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9804/26/cassini
COMMUNITY Message Boards Chat Feedback SITE SOURCES Contents Help! Search CNN Networks SPECIALS Quick News Almanac Video Vault News Quiz S P E C I A L The Cassini Mission Courtesy Analytical Graphics Cassini approaching Venus Cassini spacecraft... | |
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Venus
http://www.oregano.demon.co.uk/st-venus.htm
Space Simulation Venus Venus at closest approach, at an altitude of 30,260km. To the right in this picture is the centre of the Galaxy and to the left, a distant Jupiter. Pictures: Venus at a distance of 55,800km above the clouds. Try these sites... |  |
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