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Venus - factsheet

mean distance to the sun     0.723 AU = 1.082 x 108 km
mean orbital velocity35 km/s
length of year (siderieal period)224.7 days
rotation period-243.01 days
length of day (surface)116.8 days
length of day (clouds, equator)~ 4 days
mass81% (earth = 100%) = 4.87 x 1024 kg
diameter94.9% (earth = 100%) = 12 104 km
density90.3% (earth = 100%) = 5240 kg/m³
gravity (surface)90.3% (earth = 100%) = 8.87 m/s²
escape velocity92.6% (earth = 100%) = 10.36 km/s
albedo0.65
temperature (surface)464 °C = 737 K
temperature (clouds)-63°C - +37°C = 200 K - 300 K
atmospheric pressure (surface)91.78 atm = 9.3 x 106 Pa
atmospheric pressure (clouds)0.05 - 1 atm
angle - orbit / ecliptic (inclination)3.394 71°