Venus

-Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest. Venus' orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1%.

Planet Profile

orbit: 108,200,000 km (0.72 AU) from Sun
diameter: 12,103.6 km
moons:0

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Venus (Greek: Aphrodite; Babylonian: Ishtar) is the goddess of love and beauty. The planet is so named probably because it is the brightest of the planets known to the ancients.
Venus is sometimes regarded as Earth's sister planet. In some ways they are very similar:

• Venus is only slightly smaller than Earth (95% of Earth's diameter, 80% of Earth's mass).
• Both have few craters indicating relatively young surfaces.
• Their densities and chemical compositions are similar.