Recognised as Planet
Venus
- Planet
- 0.9× Earth gravity
- Orbits the Sun
Venus is a planet with a mean radius of 6,052 km and a surface gravity of 8.87 m/s², which is 0.9× Earth's, so a 70 kg person would weigh 63.2 kg there. Escape velocity is 10.36 km/s. It is rotates retrograde, so the Sun rises in the west.
Physical properties
Mass4.8675 × 10²⁴ kg≈measured
Mean radius6,052 km≈
Circumference38,025 km
Surface area460,234,317 km²
Volume928.4153 × 10⁹ km³one cubic kilometre is 10⁹ cubic metres
Mean density5,243 kg/m³water is 1,000 kg/m³
Gravity and escape
Surface gravity8.87 m/s²0.903× Earth's
Escape velocity10.362 km/sthe speed needed to leave without further propulsion
A 70 kg person would weigh63.2 kg-forcemass is unchanged; only the weight differs
A 1 kg mass would weigh8.87 newtons
Fall in 1 second4.435 mfrom rest, ignoring any atmosphere
Rotation and orbit
Day length (sidereal)243.021 Earth daysretrograde: it rotates the opposite way to its orbit
Orbital period224.7 Earth days
Orbitsthe Sun
Mean distance from the Sun108.2 million km0.723 AU
Light travel time from the Sun6.02 minutes
KindPlanet
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