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Venus
Venus The second planet in the
solar system, orbiting 0.72 AU from the
Sun and 38.2–261.0 × 10
6 km from Earth. Its radius is 6052 km; mass 4.869 × 10
24 kg; mean density 5204 kg/m
3; surface gravity 8.87 (Earth = 1); visual albedo 0.65; black-body temperature 238.9 K. Venus has a dense atmosphere, with a surface pressure of 92 bars, composed of carbon dioxide (96.5%) and nitrogen (3.5%), with about 150 ppm sulphur dioxide, 70 ppm argon, 20 ppm water, 17 ppm carbon monoxide, 12 parts per million helium, and 7 ppm neon. The surface temperature is 737 K and wind speeds range from 0.3 m/s to 1.0 m/s. Its orbit is
retrograde.
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Venus express: a European spacecraft arrives this month to study our sister planet's runaway greenhouse effect.(EARTH)
Magazine article from: Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication; 4/7/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...astronauts to a closer but weirder planet--Venus--will probably take longer. The...unmanned craft, and this month, the Venus Express, built by the European Space Agency, will arrive in orbit around Venus. Venus Express will use its seven scientific...
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Venus and Serena Williams: Queens of women's tennis
Newspaper article from: Westside Gazette; 2/17/2005; 688 words
; Venus and Serena Williams have gone from knocking ratty, old balls...getting knocked out of the quarterfinals at the 2004 French Open. Venus and Serena Williams - Growing Up Venus and her younger sister, Serena (who is 18 months younger...
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Venus makes history: First Black woman to win Wimbledon since Althea Gibson
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender; 7/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; Venus makes history: First Black woman to win...at Wimbledon Saturday when 20-year-old Venus Williams became the first Black woman to...watching when Serena won the U.S. Open," Venus said of Gibson after defeating Lindsay Davenport...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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VENUS CARRIES CLUE TO TREMORS.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/9/1989; 700+ words
; ...come to discover, is not really a twin at all. Earth has oceans; Venus does not. Earth has carbon-based humanoid life-forms; Venus does not. Earth has lush vegetation; Venus does not. Earth has a comparatively see-through atmosphere...
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Venus and Mariah Carey Auction Autographed Legs.
PR Newswire; 2/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...giving the gift of gorgeous legs? Today, Venus announced that it will partner with Mariah...2006, Carey was honored as the first ever Venus "Celebrity Legs of a Goddess" at a Radio...event marked the beginning of the 2006 Venus "Legs of a Goddess" contest -- an annual...
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`Venus' hardly attracts.(Metropolitan Times)(Arts And Entertainment)(Theater)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/11/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...in one of her recent essays, then her "Venus," now at the Studio Theatre's SecondStage...quickly unveils the main attraction: the Venus Hottentot, an African woman exhibited...ladders. Specifically, the attraction is Venus' dramatically large posterior. The play...
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Venus goes for No. 1: superstar and her supersister dazzle tennis world.(the tennis champion Venus Williams competes for top)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Superstar and her supersister dazzle tennis world WHEN Venus Williams won the coveted Lipton Invitational earlier...tennis insiders--many of whom have followed Venus since she was 7--say that when Venus is at the top of her game, she is the best player...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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VENUS LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 9/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-09-2001 VENUS LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT -- WINS LOVE DUEL...All Editions -- Sunday Biographical: VENUS and SERENA WILLIAMS Notes: Last version...women's final featuring two sisters. Venus Williams defeated Serena Williams, 6...
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Venus Williams Wins Wimbledon 2000 Tennis Championship.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet; 7/24/2000; 700+ words
; ...about those tennis-playing Williams sisters--Venus and Serena. First, Venus won the Wimbledon 2000 Tennis Championship to become...since tennis pioneer Althea Gibson in 1957 and 1958. Venus went home with the trophy, aptly named "Venus Rosewater...
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Venus Advances to U.S. Open Finals
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...0000 [image omitted] NEW YORK (AP) _ Venus Williams shook off a blister and spotty...championship matchup with her older sister. Venus won the last two U.S. Opens, beating...the French Open and Wimbledon this year. Venus' play against Mauresmo, though, didn...
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Venus
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Venus Venus is the second planet from the sun and is in some superficial geological...features, however, it is quite different. Next to the sun and the moon, Venus can be the brightest object in the sky. At its most brilliant, Venus is...
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Williams, Venus
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
Venus Williams 1980- American tennis player V...country clubs or expensive tennis academies. Venus and younger sister Serena Williams practiced...quickly advanced to amateur competition. When Venus made her professional debut in October 1994...
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Pioneer Venus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Pioneer Venus Two NASA space probes to Venus. Pioneer Venus 1 (also known as Pioneer Venus orbiter) went into orbit around Venus, photographing the planet's clouds and mapping its surface by radar. Pioneer Venus 2 (also known as the multiprobe...
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Williams, Venus, 1980- and Williams, Serena 1981-
Book article from: American Decades
Venus Williams Serena Williams 1980-AND 1981...youth, only nineteen at the end of 1999, Venus Williams had been a high profile tennis player...an award-winning article, "On Planet Venus," written by Linda Robertson in 1997...
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Williams, Venus 1980–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Venus Williams 1980 – Professional tennis...Wimbledon and U.S. Open — Again When Venus Williams made her debut in professional women...tennis as youngsters, but the two youngest, Venus and Serena, were outstanding players from...
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