VENUS.
A world beneath the clouds.
SCHEMATIC / NOT A SURFACE MAP
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The measured world
- Mean radius
- 6,051.8 km
- Mean diameter
- 12,103.6 km
- Mass
- 4.868e+24 kg
- Gravity
- 8.87 m/s²
- Escape velocity
- 10.36 km/s
- Mean temperature
- 464 °C
- Rotation period
- 5,832.5 Earth hours
- Orbital period
- 224.701 Earth days
- Mean distance from Sun
- 0.723 AU
- Reported moons
- 0
Rounded reference values. Rotation is sidereal and differs from the solar day. Giant planets have no solid surface; temperature and gravity use atmospheric reference levels. Some moon counts are omitted because discoveries change them.
Compare with EarthA closer look
Venus is hotter at its surface than Mercury.
It rotates in the opposite direction to most planets.
Atmosphere
A dense carbon dioxide atmosphere with clouds of sulfuric acid.
Discovery
Known since antiquity.
Rotation direction: Retrograde.