PLANET 02 / 08
Venus
✨Hot, cloudy, and backwards!
Earth's twin in size -- wrapped in a runaway greenhouse of toxic clouds.
Diameter
0 km
Across the equator
Distance
0.00 AU
From the Sun
Day length
243 Earth days
One rotation
Year length
225 Earth days
One orbit
Moons
0
Natural satellites
Temperature
~465 C (surface)
Surface / cloud tops
Size vs Earth
Relative diameters (Earth = 1.00x)
Venus
0.95x
Earth
1.00x
Orbit sketch
Cute relative order around the Sun
Key facts
- 01Venus spins backwards relative to most planets in the solar system.💫
- 02Its thick CO2 atmosphere creates crushing surface pressure.🪐
- 03A day on Venus lasts longer than its year.🔭
Planet and sky textures based on Solar System Scope (www.solarsystemscope.com/textures), licensed CC-BY 4.0. NASA fact references.