Venus

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Venus is a dim world of intense heat and volcanic activity. Similar in structure and size to Earth, Venus' thick, toxic atmosphere traps heat in a runaway "greenhouse effect." The scorched world has temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Glimpses below the clouds reveal volcanoes and deformed mountains. Venus spins slowly in the opposite direction of most planets. -[NASA]

Changing Data

Rises:

10:08:41

Sets:

19:00:00

Apparent Magnitude:

-4.1

Illumination:

71%

Size (")

16.2

Distance in light minutes:

8.6

Distance in miles:

96,488,211

Distance in AU:

1.03800

Constellation:

Ophiuchus

Orbital Data

Rotational Period:

-243.018

Orbital Period:

0.61519726

Perihelion:

1.075 * 10⁸ km

Aphelion:

1.089 * 10⁸ km

Epoch:

1998.0000

Inclination:

3.39°

Semi-Major Axis:

1.082 * 10⁸ km

Orbit Circumference:

6.799 * 10⁸ km

Eccentricity:

0.00677672

Ascending Node:

76.660°

Axial Tilt:

177.3°

Albedo:

65%

Color BV:

0.50

Color UV:

0.50

Equatorial Diameter:

1.210 * 10⁴ km

Equatorial Circumference:

3.802 * 10⁵ km

Surface Area:

4.602 * 10⁸ km²

Surface Gravity:

8.87 m/s²

Surface Temperature:

462

Mass:

4.867 * 10²⁴ kg

Volume:

9.28415 * 10¹¹ km³

Density:

5.243 g/cm³

Absolute Magnitude:

-4.40

Satellites (0)