20 One of the brightest in the sky

Because Venus is in such close proximity to Earth, it is the third-brightest celestial object in the night sky, sitting behind the Sun and the Moon. The Latin nickname for Venus, which is largely unused in modern days, is ‘Lucifer’, which translates to ‘light bringer’. Lucifer is also a name for the Devil, which is quite a coincidence considering the hellish conditions on the surface of Venus.