Venus Statistics

Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Venus/Aphrodite

Diameter: 12,104 km (7,522 miles) Rotation Period about Axis: 243 days (retrograde)

Mass: 4.87x10^24 kilograms (0.82 x Earth's) Revolution Period about the Sun: 0.62 years

Density: 5,243 kg/m^3 Tilt of Axis: 177-178^o

Minimum Distance from Sun: 108 million km
(67 million miles) Surface Gravity: 8.87 m/s^2 (0.90 x Earth's)

Maximum Distance from Sun: 109 million km
(68 million miles) Average Temperature (C/F): 457^o C (855^o F)

Orbital Semimajor Axis: 0.72 AU (Earth=1 AU) Average Surface Temperature (K): 730K

Minimum Distance from Earth: 40 million km
(25 million miles) Satellites: 0

Planetary Symbol:		Name in Roman/Greek Mythology:	Venus/Aphrodite
Diameter:	12,104 km (7,522 miles)	Rotation Period about Axis:	243 days (retrograde)
Mass:	4.87x10^24 kilograms (0.82 x Earth's)	Revolution Period about the Sun:	0.62 years
Density:	5,243 kg/m^3	Tilt of Axis:	177-178^o
Minimum Distance from Sun:	108 million km (67 million miles)	Surface Gravity:	8.87 m/s^2 (0.90 x Earth's)
Maximum Distance from Sun:	109 million km (68 million miles)	Average Temperature (C/F):	457^o C (855^o F)
Orbital Semimajor Axis:	0.72 AU (Earth=1 AU)	Average Surface Temperature (K):	730K
Minimum Distance from Earth:	40 million km (25 million miles)	Satellites:	0

Venus Image Archive

Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form

Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form

Actual Distance to Earth

Last modified February 16, 2001 by the Windows Team

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