Summary:
- Named after the Roman goddess of love, Venus is the only planet named after a female.
- Venus is sometimes called Earth’s “sister planet” Venus is our nearest neighbor and is most like Earth in size.
- But Venus is a lot different from Earth.
- Earth's life would not find the planet very hospitable at all.
- Venus has a very thick, toxic atmosphere.
- The atmosphere has a strong greenhouse effect and therefore traps a lot of heat.
- There are between 100,000 and one million volcanoes on Venus.