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How far is the Planet Venus away from the Sun ?
This is the second closest planet in our Solar system to the Sun, the
average distance being 67 million Km (0.723 A.U.), Earth by
comparison is more than twice this distance further away from the
Sun.
How big is it? More Facts about Venus
The Planet Venus is about 5% smaller than Earth having a
diameter of 12,100 km, and a mass of 4.87e24 kg or about 80% of the Earth's
mass, much of which is accounted for by Venus's Nickel/Iron core.
What is it like on
the surface of the Planet Venus ?
It was thought
for some time that due to Venus's size, relative closeness to
earth and its cloudy atmosphere it could be very similar to Earth,
Unfortunately we now now that the Venus atmosphere is mainly
Carbon Dioxide at 90 times Earth atmospheric pressure and the
clouds in fact consist of Sulphuric Acid causing a greenhouse
effected surface temperature of approximately 740°K with 350 kph
winds.
Does the Planet
Venus have any Moons ?
Although most
of the Planets in the Solar System posses multiple moons Venus
is one of the few planets which has neither moons nor
satellites captive within it's gravity well. |