Venus
rocky planet · runaway greenhouse
0.30 AU from Earth
Almost Earth's twin in size, smothered by clouds of sulphuric acid. The surface is 465 °C under 92 times Earth's air pressure.
- radius 6,052 km · spins backwards, once every 243 days
- its cloud tops race around in just 4 days
- cloud patterns drawn as ultraviolet photos show them: to the eye Venus looks plain
Numbers that change with time are from 8 November 2026.
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- place in the Solar System
- distance
- 0.72 AU from the Sun
- size
- 12,100 km across
- orbits
- the Sun
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