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on a link below to be instantly transported to any of
the SpacedOut sites around Britain ...
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Location:
Venus at Alderley Edge Primary School
Venus at Alderley Edge Primary School, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
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England
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Work on the design and development of the site that will eventually host the installation of the planet Venus is currently in progress.
The time-exposed image shows Venus and the crescent Moon setting over Alderley Edge in Cheshire.
Please re-visit the Spaced Out website to keep informed of progress.
Meanwhile, you can discover lots about Venus by scrolling down to the Whacky Facts and clicking on the links below.
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- Associated with the goddess of love, Venus, our Sister Planet, is the brightest of all the planets. It can be seen up to four hours before sunrise or after sunset, shining at a blazing –4.4 magnitude.
- Venus spins backwards, the only planet in the Solar System to do so.
- The surface of the planet is obscured by dense clouds of carbon dioxide with only traces of other gases including nitrogen, sulphur dioxide and water vapour.
- The surface of Venus has been mapped by radar and shows evidence of large scale volcanism. Large volcanoes rise up to 8 kilometres and lava channels extend for thousands of kilometres across the surface which is made of basalt lava.
- The temperature at the surface is a sweltering 480 degrees Celsius.
Venus Express
EAS's Venus Express is the first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus in over 10 years.
Instruments carried by the spacecraft will study the Venusian atmosphere and find out what drives the planet's high-speed winds.
Find out more about the Venus Express mission and the UK's involvement in this exciting study of our sister planet.
More facts about Venus
Follow this link to discover lots more facts and figures about our sister planet.
Even more facts about Venus from Wikipedia
Discover lots more wacky facts and figures about Venus, its surface, atmosphere and orbit.
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