Facts About Venus, the Hottest Planet in 3D
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Venus at a glance
Venus is about 95 percent as wide as Earth, so the two are close to twins in size.
- Order from the Sun
- 2nd of 8
- Type
- Rocky planet
- Distance from the Sun
- 108.2 million km (0.72 AU)
- Diameter
- 12,104 km (0.95× Earth)
- Length of day
- 117 Earth days (spins backward)
- Length of year
- 225 Earth days
- Moons
- 0
- Rings
- No
- Average temperature
- 464 °C (867 °F)
- Gravity
- 91% of Earth's
- Axis tilt
- 177.4°
- Sunlight takes
- about 6 minutes
On Venus you would weigh about 73 (91% of your Earth weight). Your mass stays the same; only gravity changes.
Source: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet and NASA Science.
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