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Venus ( / ˈviːnəs /) [ a] is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. Julius Caesar claimed her as his ancestor.
Aphrodite (/ ˌ æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t iː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) [3] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
Lunar: 1,624 craters (31.2%) Venusian: 900 craters (17.3%) Mercurian: 397 craters (7.6%) Martian: 1,092 craters (21.0%) Others: 1,198 craters (23.0%) Distribution of named craters in the Solar System as of 2017. [a] This is a list of craters on Venus, named by the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. All craters on Venus are named after ...
The English name of Venus was originally the ancient Roman name for it. Romans named Venus after their goddess of love, who in turn was based on the ancient Greek goddess of love Aphrodite, [262] who was herself based on the similar Sumerian religion goddess Inanna (which is Ishtar in Akkadian religion), all of whom were associated with the planet.
Venus (mythology) (2 C, 39 P) Pages in category "Venusian deities" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Alcestis and Admetus ( Greek) Alcyone and Ceyx ( Greek) Anto and Laura ( Roman) Apollo and Daphne ( Greek) Apollo and Hyacinth ( Greek) Ares / Mars and Aphrodite / Venus ( Greek) - ( Roman) Arjuna and Draupadi ( Hindu) Atalanta and Hippomenes / Melanion ( Greek) Balarama and Revati ( Hindu)
Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is classified as a terrestrial planet. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" due to their similar size, gravity, and bulk composition (Venus is both the closest planet to Earth and the planet closest in size to Earth). The surface of Venus is covered by a dense atmosphere and presents clear ...
Dorothy Crater is an impact crater on Venus . The names for small craters on Venus (with a diameter less than 20 km) are chosen from common female names. [2] Dorothy is a Greek first name, and the crater was officially designated by the IAU in 1997. The crater is east of Tamfana Corona, and south of Seoritsu Farra. [3]