August 6, 2003

Venus' vital statistics

Venus' vital statistics

  Venus Earth Venus/Earth Ratio
Diameter 12,104 km 12,756 km 0.95
Mass 4.8 x 1021 t 5.9 x 1021 t 0.8
Mean density 5.25 5.52 0.95
Rotation period 243 Earth days 1 day 243
Revolution period (Venusian year) 224 Earth days 365 Earth days 0.61
Length of a solar day 117 Earth days 1 Earth day 117
Surface gravity 8.87 m/s2 9.8 m/s2 0.9
Natural satellites Aucun 1 ---
Ring system No No ---
Orbit
Aphelion 109 million km 152 million km 0.71
Perihelion 107 million km 147 million km 0.73
Furthest distance from Earth 261 million km --- ---
Closest distance to Earth 38 million km --- ---

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