Venus (disambiguation)

Venus is a planet in the Solar System, named after Venus (mythology), the Ancient Roman goddess of love.

Venus may also refer to:

Businesses

Fictional characters

Film

Literature

  • Venus (novel), a science fiction novel by Ben Bova, published in 2000
  • Venus series, a series of science fiction novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Music

Albums

Songs

People

Places

United States

Other places

Science

  • Venus (bivalve), a genus of clams in the bivalve mollusc family Veneridae
  • VENUS (Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea), an oceanographic observatory near Victoria, B.C., Canada
  • Venus, a yellow fluorescent protein derivative

Ships

Technology

  • Microsoft Venus, an aborted venture into the low-end personal computing market in China
  • LG Venus (VX8800), a Verizon mobile phone manufactured by LG Electronics
  • Venus Automobile, a 1950s American custom car, of which less than ten were built
  • Venus Engine, an image processing system used in Panasonic digital cameras
  • Walter Venus, an aircraft engine built in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s
  • Gillette Venus razor, see Gillette Mach3

Other uses

  • VENµS, a joint satellite mission between the Israeli Space Agency and the CNES
  • Venus (astrology), a set of qualities and influences
  • Venus București, a defunct Romanian football team
  • Venus (cat), a cat with unusual markings
  • Venus figurines, Paleolithic carvings
  • Venus (mural), a ten-story-high painting by New York artist Knox Martin
  • Venus (play), a 1996 play by Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Stadionul Venus, a multi-purpose stadium, former home ground of football team Venus Bucharest
  • The Venus Project, an organization that promotes and advocates American futurist Jacque Fresco's visions of the future
  • Venus Zine, a quarterly US magazine
  • Venus Award, a German adult film award

See also

  • Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue
  • Venous, blood vessels
  • All pages with titles beginning with Venus
  • All pages with titles containing Venus
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