Venus

Venus Statistics
 Mass (kg) 4.869e+24 
 Mass (Earth = 1) .81476 
 Equatorial radius (km) 6,051.8 
 Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .94886 
 Mean density (gm/cm^3) 5.25 
 Mean distance from the Sun (km) 108,200,000 
 Mean distance from the Sun (Earth = 1) 0.7233 
 Rotational period (days) -243.0187 
 Orbital period (days) 224.701 
 Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 35.02 
 Orbital eccentricity 0.0068 
 Tilt of axis (degrees) 177.36 
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 3.394 
 Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) 8.87 
 Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) 10.36 
 Visual geometric albedo 0.65 
 Magnitude (Vo) -4.4 
 Mean surface temperature 482°C 
 Atmospheric pressure (bars) 92 
 Atmospheric composition
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen

    Trace amounts of: Sulfur dioxide, water vapor, carbon monoxide, argon, helium, neon, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen fluoride.


96% 
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