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A planet is a heavenly body that orbits around a star, such as the Sun, has enough mass and gravitational force that can overcome forces of other rigid bodies, has a spherical shape, and clears other rigid bodies in its orbit.

There are eight planets in the solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Inner planets

The inner planets are also called rocky planets. The four inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. These planets are made mostly of metals and silicate rocks. They have solid rocky surfaces.

Venus is the second planet from the Sun.

Distance from the Sun: 108 million kilometers

Period of Revolution: 225 Earth days

Period of Rotation: 243 Earth days

Diameter: 0.95 compared to the Earth's diameter

Mass: 0.82 compared to the Earth's mass

Density: 5.2 compared to the density of water whose density is 1 g/cc

Venus is considered as the Earth's twin planet because of the similarity in size. It also has a central core, mantle and crust.

It has no natural satellites and rotates counter-clockwise unlike the other planets.

Venus is the second brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon and it can even be seen on a clear day time.

Venus has a very thick atmosphere mostly composed of sulfuric acid and 96.5% carbon dioxide which traps heat from the Sun making the surface temperature in Venus reach as high as 457 degrees Celsius. This makes Venus the hottest planet in the solar system.