Many kids learn about the planets while they are at a young age, most of the time during middle school. One piece of information given to the kids is that Earth has a twin planet, Venus. They are told this because there are many similarities between the two planets: size, density, mass, composition, and gravity. While this information is true, there are still many differences which set the two planets into different categories.
The section "Physical Characteristics of the Planet Venus", located on the website listed below, provides many different traits between Venus and Earth. Some of the traits are an intense temperature on Venus, atmospheric composition and pressure, and different surface features.
http://www.space.com/44-venus-second-planet-from-the-sun-brightest-planet-in-solar-system.html
After reading the section, do you think that Venus should still be known as Earth's twin?
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