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Venus - Pictures and Astronomy Facts - Solar System Planetary Astronomical Data & Pictures of Venus. Venus. Astronomy Guide to Space exploration close to home. Venus whose Greek equivalent was Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It probably got its name from being the brightest object in the sky except for the Sun & the Moon. At one time, it was thought to be two separate bodies: morning star, Eosphorus & evening star, Hesperus. It is the 2nd planet from the Sun & 6th largest.