Planet Venus Information |
Today in Astronomy History July 4, 1054 July 4, 1968 July 4, 1997 July 4, 2005 | Welcome to Planet Venus Information Named for the goddess of love, Venus is frequently placed as the morning or evening star. This hot twin of Earth is the second planet from the Sun. Being an inner planet, that is within Earth orbit, it never appears very far away from the Sun, so learning when the optimal times when Venus is furthest away from the Sun, it ket to observing Venus. In this website we calculate those times known as "Elongations." |