Venus

Venus is the second planet from Sun. It is the hottest known planet at an averagVenus is the second planet from Sun. It is hottest known planet in Solar System, averaging a temperature of 465 C. (869 F.).

Volcanic World
Venus has over 1,600 major volcanoes. Most of them are probably '''inactive. Volcanism '''took place within the last 2,500,000 years. Scientists haven't counted all the volcanoes yet. But they are guessing the total number is 100,000 or even 1 million volcanoes! That's a lot! One volcano is Maat Mons.

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The atmosphere of Venus is 100 times denser than Earth's atmosphere, making it so hot. Back then, oceans up to 2 kilometers deep may have supported Venus, but vanished on the hot rocky planet. This is because it is so close to the Sun.

Craters?
Even though Venus' atmosphere is thick, it still has about 1,000 craters on its surface! Isn't it amazing how planets work?

Hot Day and Night
Unlike Earth, Venus does not have seasons. Its temperature nearly stays the same all Venusian year long, even the South Pole of Venus is still always the temperature that it would be on fire if the temperature built any higher.

Long Day
A day lasts longer than a year on Venus. Venus spins around so slowly that one Venus day lasts as long as 243 Earth days. A year on Venus is 18 Earth days shorter.