Venus
Saturday, December 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:
- 10:04:07
- Sets:
- 19:59:56
- Apparent Magnitude:
- -4.3
- Illumination:
- 60%
- Size (")
- 20.4
- Distance in light minutes:
- 6.9
- Distance in miles:
- 76,781,563
- Distance in AU:
- 0.82600
- Constellation:
- Sagittarius
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