FACT #72
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after
the Roman goddess of love and beauty. As the second-brightest natural object in
the night sky after the Moon, Venus can cast shadows and, rarely, is visible to
the naked eye in broad daylight. Venus lies within Earth's orbit, and so never
appears to venture far from the Sun, setting in the west just after dusk and
rising in the east a bit before dawn. Venus orbits the Sun every 224.7 Earth
days. With a rotation period of 243 Earth days, it takes longer to rotate about
its axis than any planet in the Solar System and goes in the opposite direction
to all but Uranus (meaning the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east).
Venus does not have any natural satellites, a distinction it shares only with
Mercury among planets in the Solar System.
The Venusian orbit is slightly inclined relative to Earth's
orbit; thus, when the planet passes between Earth and the Sun, it usually does
not cross the face of the Sun.
Transits of Venus occur in cycles of 243 years with the
current pattern........................
FACT #72
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October 24, 2019
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