A Story of the Planet Venus

Introduction

Over the millennia, mankind has been fascinated with the night skies. Today we view a multitude of stars that quietly rotate over our heads each night. Most of us cannot pick out the five visible planets of our solar system in that panorama. The ancients called them "wandering stars" because they moved in the sky relative to the other or "fixed stars”. Of these planets in our sky, Venus is the closest and brightest.

From time to time, we may see a bright object pass across the sky. It may be a distant comet with a long tail, making a rendezvous with the Sun, or a small meteor streaking over our heads. On occasion, we are startled by a piece of an asteroid making a close, thunderous and bright pass through our atmosphere. Such events may be interesting and scary, but seldom injure people and cause much damage. Astronomers are scanning the skies for Near Earth Objects (NEOs) that might be close enough and large enough to be a concern to us.

Nothing has been reported as fitting their criteria for issuing a warning.