Venus

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Venus

Venus processed from two filters. The surface is obscured by a thick blanket of clouds.
Designations
Pronunciation	i/ˈviːnəs/
Adjective	Venusian or (rarely) Cytherean, Venerean
Orbital characteristics[2][4]
Epoch J2000
Aphelion	108,939,000 km 0.728 213 AU
Perihelion	107,477,000 km 0.718 440 AU
Semi-major axis	108,208,000 km 0.723 327 AU
Eccentricity	0.0067
Orbital period	224.701 day 0.615 198 yr 1.92 Venus solar day
Synodic period	583.92 days[2]
Average orbital speed	35.02 km/s
Mean anomaly	50.115°
Inclination	3.394 58° to Ecliptic 3.86° to Sun’s equator 2.19° to Invariable plane[3]
Longitude of ascending node	76.678°
Argument of perihelion	55.186°
Satellites	None
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	6,051.8 ± 1.0 km[5] 0.949 9 Earths
Flattening	0[5]
Surface area	4.60×108 km2 0.902 Earths
Volume	9.28×1011 km3 0.866 Earths
Mass	4.8676×1024 kg 0.815 Earths
Mean density	5.243 g/cm3
Equatorial surface gravity	8.87 m/s2 0.904 g
Escape velocity	10.36 km/s
Sidereal rotation period	−243.018 5 day (Retrograde)
Equatorial rotation velocity	6.52 km/h (1.81 m/s)
Axial tilt	177.36°[2]
North pole right ascension	18 h 11 min 2 s 272.76°[6]
North pole declination	67.16°
Albedo	0.67 (geometric)[7] 0.90 (Bond)[7]
Surface temp. min mean max Kelvin 737 K[2] Celsius 464 °C
Apparent magnitude	brightest −4.9[8][9] (crescent) −3.8[10] (full)
Angular diameter	9.7"–66.0"[2]
Atmosphere
Surface pressure	92 bar (9.2 MPa)
Composition	~96.5% carbon dioxide ~3.5% nitrogen 0.015% sulfur dioxide 0.007% argon 0.002% water vapour 0.0017% carbon monoxide 0.0012% helium 0.0007% neon trace carbonyl sulfide trace hydrogen chloride trace hydrogen fluoride