Which of the following planet is called evening star?
Which of the following planet is called evening star?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Saturn
(C) Venus
(D) Mercury
Venus deserves its title as the evening star because, immediately after the sun sets, it is the brightest thing in the western sky. If it appears in the east just before dawn, we call it the morning star. The explanation for this phenomenon is that Venus orbits the Sun at a position that is closer to the Sun than the position of the Earth. Therefore, Venus is never more than a short distance from the Sun.