SI Units |
Earth Relative |
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Radius (Equatorial) |
6,051,800 m |
0.9499 x Earth |
Mass |
4.8685 x 1024 kg |
0.815 x Earth |
Temperature (Surface Mean) |
735 K (462 °C) |
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Gravity |
8.87 ms-2 |
0.904 g |
Escape Velocity |
10,460 ms-1 |
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Axis Tilt |
177.3° |
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Distance from Sun (Semi-Major) |
1.0820893 x 1011 m |
0.723332 AU |
Orbital Period |
0.925 Venus Days |
0.615 Earth Years (224.7 Earth Days) |
Rotational Period |
243.02 Earth Days (retrograde) |
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Number of Moons |
- |
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Atmosphere |
96% Carbon Dioxide, 3% Nitrogen.
75-100 times atmospheric pressure of Earth
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Rings |
- |
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Missions to Venus |
Mariner 2, Venera 3 (Soviet), Mariner 5, Venera 5-16 (Soviet),
Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Magellan, Galileo, Cassini, Venus Express (ESA)
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