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Venus is one of the brightest objects in the sky, so it is clearly visible to the naked eye. It can be tricky to
spot because it is always near the Sun. Because of this, it rises and sets with the Sun each day. Ancient
civilizations believed they were actually two different objects, so they called the one which rose the
Morning Star, and the one which sets the Evening Star. Of course, we now know it's the same object!
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No one knows who really discovered Venus, since it is so obvious in the sky. However, much has been
discovered about Venus in the past century. Robert Richardson noticed that Venus rotates "backwards".
In other words, on Venus the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
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Venus is one of the brightest objects in the sky. It is always found near the Sun. It rises
and sets each day, so it has the nicknames Morning and Evening Star!
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