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Encyclopedia > Venus (disambiguation)

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Venus may also refer to: Adjective Venusian or (rarely) Cytherean (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... Statue of Venus in the British Museum. ... Venus is a fictional character in the Marvel Comic universe, based on the goddess Venus (Aphrodite) from Greek and Roman mythology. ... Species Venus albina Venus cassinaeformis Venus crenulata Venus elegans Venus fasciata Venus foveolata Venus gallina Venus lubuana Venus mindoroensis Venus ovata Venus thomassini Venus verrucosa Venus is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae. ... ASC Venus BucureÅŸti was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Venus is a song by the band Shocking Blue, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 7, 1970. ... Shocking Blue were a Dutch rock band from The Hague that existed from 1967 to 1974. ... Bananarama are an English girl group who found worldwide fame with their melodic pop and new wave songs. ... Venus is the name of a song written by Ed Marshall. ... Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s. ... Venus is a popular song of Ruslana (winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004). ... Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (born May 24, 1973 Ukrainian: ) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 from Lviv, Ukraine. ... Venus was created in 1997 by five artists hailing from Brussels, Belgium. ... It has been suggested that Princess Venus be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... For other uses, see Manga (disambiguation). ... Venus or Venus de Milo is a fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe, a female mutant turtle. ... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT or Ninja Turtles) are a fictional team of four anthropomorphic turtles who were trained by their sensei, Master Splinter, to become skilled ninja warriors. ... Venus is a town located in Texas. ... Venus symbol The Venus symbol (♀) may refer to: In biology, a female In mythology, the Roman goddess Venus or the Greek goddess Aphrodite In astronomy, the planet Venus In alchemy, copper See also: Mars symbol and Gender symbol This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the...

  • "Venus, the Bringer of Peace", the second movement in Gustav Holst's The Planets - a suite for orchestra
  • a track on Television's 1977 album Marquee Moon
  • an influence on the digestive system in medical astrology
  • copper in alchemy
  • vert, which is green, in Renaissance royal heraldry
  • the Governess for The Richleighs of Tantamount in Barbara Willard]'s book from 1966
  • The Venus series of science fiction novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Venus, a novel by Ben Bova
  • The Venus prime series of science fiction novels by Paul Preuss, based on stories by Arthur C. Clarke

The Planets (also known as The Planets Suite), opus 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. ... Marquee Moon was Televisions 1977 (see 1977 in music) debut album. ... This old parchment shows the anciently-held link between the 12 signs of the Zodiac and the various parts of the body Medical astrology is an ancient medical system that associates various parts of the body, diseases and drugs as under the influence of the Sun, Moon and planets, along... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ... The Richleighs of Tantamount is a British children’s book written by British historical book author Barbara Willard. ... The Venus Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a science fiction series of four novels and one novelette. ... The Grand Tour is a series of novels written by science fiction author Ben Bova. ... Paul Preuss (born March 7, 1942 in Albany, Georgia) is a U.S. writer of science fiction, science articles and also a science consultant for film companies. ...

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Venus has the densest atmosphere of the terrestrial planets, consisting mostly of carbon dioxide, and the atmospheric pressure at the planet's surface is 90 times that of the Earth.
Venus was observed by the Galileo and Cassini spacecraft during flybys on their respective missions to the outer planets, but Magellan would otherwise be the last dedicated mission to Venus for over a decade.
Venus was important to the Mayan civilization, who developed a religious calendar based in part upon its motions, and held the motions of Venus to determine the propitious time for events such as war.
Venus (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (344 words)
Venus (mythology), the Roman goddess of love, in Greek mythology known as Aphrodite
Venus (genus), a genus of clams in the bivalve mollusc family Veneridae
Venus (TMNT), the short-lived sister of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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