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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 29
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The Great (and Weird) Venus
Even though Venus is Earth’s closest neighbor,
it is very mysterious and strange. Some of the
words in Woodword’s report have been blocked
by the planet’s hot, poison gas!
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JOE’S
Venus, the second
planet from the sun,
is about the same
size as Earth and is
sometimes called
our sister planet. But
unlike Earth, the
surface of Venus is
hidden beneath hot,
poisonous clouds
making it very hard
for scientists to study
the planet.
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Spin Story
Sunspire
Health
Venus spins in the opposite direction from Earth,
so the sun rises
in the west and
sets in the east.
Circle every third
letter to reveal the
answer.
It spins very, very
slowly. To find out
how many Earth days it takes Venus to spin
around just once, color in the spaces on the planet
at left with two dots PINK and the spaces with one
dot BLUE. HINT: It’s a long time between sunsets!
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Use this chart to answer
these questions.
1. About how many millions of
miles closer to the sun is Venus
compared to Earth?
5
15
25
50
2. Earth and Venus are almost the
same size, but which is larger?
EARTH
VENUS
DISTANCE FROM THE SUN
TIME TO ORBIT THE SUN
ORBIT SPEED
LENGTH OF DAY
CIRCUMFERENCE
NUMBER OF MOONS
VENUS
EARTH
68 MILLION MILES
225 DAYS
78,292 MILES PER HOUR
243 EARTH DAYS
7,520 MILES
0
93 MILLION MILES
365 DAYS
70,000 MILES PER HOUR
JUST A BIT OVER 24 HOURS
7,926 MILES
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adjectives
that describe
Venus.
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How Venus Got Its Name
The planet Venus shines the brightest of the planets and often can
be seen from Earth at sunrise and sunset. Ancient Romans named
the planet Venus after their goddess of love and beauty.
Circle the heart that continues the pattern in each row.
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ASTORIA
Venus
Adjectives
MYSTERIOUS
POISONOUS
SURFACE
SISTER
BEAUTY
SUNSET
VENUS
WEIRD
YUCKY
HEAVY
LOVE
LEAD
WEST
HOT
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D A E L Y I U I T T
D S A K O R Y S E Y
U R C C F V W T S Y
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