- Planetary data for Venus
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▪ TablePlanetary data for Venusmean distance from Sun 108,200,000 km (0.72 AU)eccentricity of orbit 0.007inclination of orbit to ecliptic 3.4°Venusian year (sidereal period of revolution) 224.7 Earth daysmaximum visual magnitude –4.6mean synodic period* 584 Earth daysmean orbital velocity 35 km/sradius (equatorial and polar) 6,051.8 kmsurface area 4.6 × 108 km2mass 4.87 × 1024 kgmean density 5.25 g/cm3mean surface gravity 860 cm/s2escape velocity 10.4 km/sVenusian mean solar day 116.8 Earth daysinclination of equator to orbit 177°atmospheric composition carbon dioxide, 96%; molecular nitrogen, 3.5%; water, 0.02%; trace quantities of carbon monoxide, molecular oxygen, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and other gasesmean surface temperature 737 K (867 °F, 464 °C)surface pressure at mean radius 95 barsmean visible cloud temperature about 230 K (–46 °F, –43 °C)number of known moons none*Time required for the planet to return to the same position in the sky relative to the Sun as seen from Earth.See as table:
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Universalium. 2010.