Venus

**Composition** (external and internal)- Carbon dioxide: 96 percent, Nitrogen: 3.5 percent, Carbon monoxide, argon, sulfur dioxide, and water vapor: less than 1 percent. On the inside, Venus has a rocky mantle and a liquid core. **Size-** Venus has a radius of 3,760 miles **Density-** 5.243 grams per cubic centimeter **Orbit-** Venus orbits once every 243 earth days **Surface features-** Smooth, lava hardened plains. It has impact craters, indicating that it is younger. It has two land masses Ishtar Terra, and Aphrodite Terra. It also contains mountains. **Tectonic activity, if any-** Venus does not have much tectonics due to strong faults and high viscosity of the mantle. **Surface temperature-** 864 degrees fahrenheit, 462 degrees celsius **Suitability for life-** It can’t sustain human life because it is too close to the sun and there is no water there. **Additional information-** Venus is a volcanic planet, it has impact craters indicating that it is a younger planet. Venus is the hottest planet, and has a size closest to planet Earth’s size. It has no magnetic field. [] []
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