Venus Company Profile

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Company Name	Venus
Website	https://www.nasa.gov
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Mass	4.8675×1024 kg[9], 0.815 Earths
Albedo	0.689 (geometric)[14], 0.76 (Bond)[15]
Kelvin
Volume	9.2843×1011 km3, 0.857 Earths
Celsius
Aphelion	0.728213 AU, 108,939,000 km
Adjectives	Venusian /vɪˈnjuːziən, -ʒən/,[1] rarely Cytherean /sɪθəˈriːən/[2] or Venerean / Venerian /vɪˈnɪəriən/[3]
Axial tilt	2.64° (for retrograde rotation)177.36° (to orbit)[5][note 1]
Fahrenheit
Flattening	0[8]
Perihelion	0.718440 AU, 107,477,000 km
Satellites	None
Inclination	3.39458° to ecliptic, 3.86° to Sun's equator, 2.15° to invariable plane[6]
Mean radius	6,051.8±1.0 km[8], 0.9499 Earths
Eccentricity	0.006772[4]
Mean anomaly	50.115°
Mean density	5.243 g/cm3
Surface area	4.6023×108 km2, 0.902 Earths
Pronunciation	/ˈviːnəs/ (listen)
Surface temp.	Surface temp.minmeanmaxKelvin737 K[5]Celsius464 °CFahrenheit867 °F
Orbital period	224.701 d[5], 0.615198 yr, 1.92 Venus solar day
Synodic period	583.92 days[5]
Escape velocity	10.36 km/s (6.44 mi/s)[10]
Rotation period	−116.75 d (synodic; solar day; retrograde)[11]
Semi-major axis	0.723332 AU, 108,208,000 km
Surface gravity	8.87 m/s2, 0.904 g
Angular diameter	9.7″–66.0″[5]
Surface pressure	93 bar (9.3 MPa)92 atm
Apparent magnitude	−4.92 to −2.98[16]
Average orbital speed	35.02 km/s
Composition by volume	96.5% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen, 0.015% sulfur dioxide, 0.0070% argon, 0.0020% water vapour, 0.0017% carbon monoxide, 0.0012% helium, 0.0007% neon, Trace carbonyl sulfide, Trace hydrogen chloride, Trace hydrogen fluoride
Argument of perihelion	54.884°
North pole declination	67.16°
Sidereal rotation period	−243.0226 d (retrograde)[12]
North pole right ascension	18h 11m 2s, 272.76°[13]
Longitude of ascending node	76.680°[4]
Equatorial rotation velocity	6.52 km/h (1.81 m/s)

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