Venus

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Venus facts from the NASA Planetary Fact Sheet (metric).

Mass: 4.87 × 10²⁴ kg
Diameter: 12,104 km
Density: 5243 kg/m³
Gravity: 8.9 m/s²
Escape Velocity: 10.4 km/s
Rotation Period: -5832.5 hours
Length of Day: 2802.0 hours
Distance from Sun: 108.2 × 10⁶ km
Perihelion: 107.5 × 10⁶ km
Aphelion: 108.9 × 10⁶ km
Orbital Period: 224.7 days
Orbital Velocity: 35.0 km/s
Orbital Inclination: 3.4 degrees
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.007
Obliquity to Orbit: 177.4 degrees
Mean Temperature: 464 C
Surface Pressure: 92 bars
Number of Moons: 0
Ring System?: No
Global Magnetic Field?: No
Detailed NASA fact sheet: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html
Values compared to Earth: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/planet_table_ratio.html
Notes on the values: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/planetfact_notes.html
Fact sheet last updated: 18 March 2025

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Original source: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
Published on Koskamo by: Koskamo
Citation version: Document v1
Reuse: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet (NSSDCA), a work of the US government (public domain in the United States)

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Published by Koskamo2026-10-04
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