Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. The landscape consists of rolling plains, mountain ranges, lava flows and volcanoes. A compass wouldn't work on Venus because there is no discernible magnetic field.
Venus has a similar chemical composition and density to the Earth but any water the planet might have had evaporated long ago due to its closeness to the Sun and the planet's runaway greenhouse effect. Also, its thick clouds of sulphuric acid and carbon dioxide make Venus one of the most inhospitable places in the Solar System.
The surface temperature is hot enough to melt lead. There are 350 km/h winds at high altitude and the surface pressure is equivalent to 11 km below sea level on Earth.
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