In anthropology and geography, a cultural region, cultural sphere, cultural area or culture area refers to a geographical area with one relatively homogeneous human activity or complex of activities (culture). culture area is a concept in cultural anthropology, in which a geographic region and time sequence (age area) is characterized by substantially uniform environment and culture.
Venus is closer to the sun than any other planet except Mercury. Its mean (average) distance from the sun is about 67 million miles (108 million kilometres).
Furthest: 109 million km / 68 million miles (.728 AU). Average: 108 million km / 67 million miles (.722 AU). Closest to Venus from Earth: 40 million km / 25 million miles. From the Solar Dynamics Observatory: Planet Venus transiting the Sun in the 304 Anstrom wavelength at approx.90,000 degrees Fahrenheit in July 2012.he eight planets in our solar system each occupy their own orbits around the Sun. They orbit the star in ellipses, which means their distance to the sun varies depending on where they are in their orbits.