Venus (Research Paper)
VENUS: FEATURES AND EXPLORATIONS
by
Jessa Marie A. Derecho
English 4-Faith
Mrs. Esther P. Ocubillo
01 March 2011
VENUS: FEATURES AND EXPLORATIONS
Venus is one of the most beautiful and tantalizing heavenly body. It is much closer to Earth than any other planets. Venus is a brilliant object in the night sky and sometimes brighter than any other stars in the heavens. Only the Sun and the Moon outshines her. Like the remaining planets, Venus revolves around the Sun inside the solar orbit of the Earth. Thus, Venus can either be a morning or evening star.1 Her name, Venus, comes from the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Venus, as a planet, is rather frustrating. She hides herself in a thick white veil of clouds and no one clearly seen her surface.2 The astronomers are force to engage in an extensive effort to uncover secrets of her for they know a little about it. The main purpose of my paper is to show some facts about Venus and also deepen the knowledge of the readers.
Venus possesses some features that are nearly the same as Earth’s. One of this is that Venus is closely the same size and weight as Earth. Just a little smaller in diameter and lighter in weight. Its gravity also holds captive an atmosphere about the size of our own.3 Venus internal structure is similar to Earth’s as it is composed of crust, mantle and core. That’s why Venus is often thought of as Earth’s twin.
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1Robert Leo I. Heller, “Planets Inside the Orbit of Earth,” Challenges to Science (Montreal: McGraw-Hill Book Inc., 1979), p. 402.
2Gerald S. Hawkins, “Venus and Mars,” Splendor in the Sky (London: Harper and Row Publishing House, 1961), p. 122.
3Mark O. Palin, “Venus,” The Physical World (Miami: Hunter-Dee Book Inc., 1999), p. 99
But in other ways, Venus appears to be quite different from Earth. First, Venus rotates in a very strange manner. Most of the planets rotate counterclockwise while Venus rotates clockwise or backward.
by
Jessa Marie A. Derecho
English 4-Faith
Mrs. Esther P. Ocubillo
01 March 2011
VENUS: FEATURES AND EXPLORATIONS
Venus is one of the most beautiful and tantalizing heavenly body. It is much closer to Earth than any other planets. Venus is a brilliant object in the night sky and sometimes brighter than any other stars in the heavens. Only the Sun and the Moon outshines her. Like the remaining planets, Venus revolves around the Sun inside the solar orbit of the Earth. Thus, Venus can either be a morning or evening star.1 Her name, Venus, comes from the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Venus, as a planet, is rather frustrating. She hides herself in a thick white veil of clouds and no one clearly seen her surface.2 The astronomers are force to engage in an extensive effort to uncover secrets of her for they know a little about it. The main purpose of my paper is to show some facts about Venus and also deepen the knowledge of the readers.
Venus possesses some features that are nearly the same as Earth’s. One of this is that Venus is closely the same size and weight as Earth. Just a little smaller in diameter and lighter in weight. Its gravity also holds captive an atmosphere about the size of our own.3 Venus internal structure is similar to Earth’s as it is composed of crust, mantle and core. That’s why Venus is often thought of as Earth’s twin.
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1Robert Leo I. Heller, “Planets Inside the Orbit of Earth,” Challenges to Science (Montreal: McGraw-Hill Book Inc., 1979), p. 402.
2Gerald S. Hawkins, “Venus and Mars,” Splendor in the Sky (London: Harper and Row Publishing House, 1961), p. 122.
3Mark O. Palin, “Venus,” The Physical World (Miami: Hunter-Dee Book Inc., 1999), p. 99
But in other ways, Venus appears to be quite different from Earth. First, Venus rotates in a very strange manner. Most of the planets rotate counterclockwise while Venus rotates clockwise or backward.