Morning and evening star
Venus
Shared inner approach · Timor RoadVenus is the hottest planet (~460 °C) thanks to a runaway greenhouse. A Venus day (243 Earth days) is longer than its year, and it rotates backwards.
- Type
- Terrestrial (rocky)
- Distance
- 0.72 AU
- Diameter
- 12,104 km
- Orbit
- 225 Earth days
- Moons
- None
- Model size
- 32 cm
- On the Drive
- 2.8 km from the Sun
- Found
- Known since ancient times as the brightest ‘star’ at dusk or dawn
Missions
Magellan radar-mapped the surface. Venus Express (ESA), Akatsuki (JAXA). Soviet Venera landers survived only minutes in the heat.
Country around the board
Final stretch into Coonabarabran. The bright evening star that Kamilaroi and many cultures have watched for seasonal timing now has a physical billboard on an ancient sky-watching path.
Where to look
Search Google Maps for the planet plus the road or town. Boards are large, dark blue, and sit on the five approach roads — then Timor Road and Observatory Road for the inner worlds.
No service just now. This board is on your phone. Open in Maps when you next have signal.