Planet Venus Information

Today in Astronomy History
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July 4, 1054
Chinese astronomers record a bright supernova later to become the Crab Nebula (M1).

July 4, 1968
Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 is launched.

July 4, 1997
NASA's Pathfinder probe lands on Mars

July 4, 2005
Comet Tempel 1 collides with the "Deep Impact" probe

...also in Astronomy Today
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July 4, 2009
Earth reaches Aphelion

July 4, 2009
Mercury disappears into the glare of the morning Sun.

July 4, 2009
Venus passes less than 7° of the asterism Pleiades (M45)

Welcome to Planet Venus Information
A website about the planet Venus

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."