(67 million miles)
(68 million miles)
(25 million miles)
| 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: | 177-178o |
| 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): | 457o C (855o 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 |
Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form
Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form
Last modified February 16, 2001 by the Windows Team
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