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This Explorable Scene transports students to the surface of planet Venus. Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, suggesting early astronomers probably didn’t realise what a turbulent and inhospitable world this really is! From a distance Venus is beautiful; after the Moon it’s the brightest natural object in the night sky, and with an orbit closer to the Sun than Earth’s it is most visible at dusk or dawn, a recognisable object to many cultures and civilizations since ancient times and sometimes known as the morning star and evening star.
