Venus

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Venus is the second planet from the Sun, known for its dense, toxic atmosphere, extreme surface temperatures, and bright visibility in Earth's sky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf inner planet
planet
terrestrial planet
albedo high albedo
alsoKnownAs Evening Star
Morning Star
apparentMagnitude up to about −4.7
atmosphereComposition carbon dioxide
nitrogen
sulfur dioxide
atmosphereFeature dense atmosphere
thick sulfuric acid clouds
toxic atmosphere
belongsTo Solar System
coreType metallic core
crustType rocky crust
discoveredBy prehistoric observers
equatorialDiameter about 12,104 kilometers
escapeVelocity about 10.36 kilometers per second
exploredBy Akatsuki Venus climate orbiter
surface form: Akatsuki spacecraft

Magellan spacecraft
Pioneer Venus project
Venera missions
hasAtmosphere yes
hasGreenhouseEffect runaway greenhouse effect
hasMagneticField very weak induced magnetic field
hasNaturalSatellites no known moons
hasRings no known ring system
inclinationToEcliptic about 3.39 degrees
mantleType rocky mantle
mass about 4.87 × 10^24 kilograms
meanDistanceFromSun about 0.72 astronomical units
about 108 million kilometers
meanRadius about 6052 kilometers
namedAfter Roman goddess of love and beauty
observableWith naked eye
orbitalPeriod about 225 Earth days
orbits Sun
positionInSolarSystem second planet from the Sun
rotationDirection retrograde
rotationPeriod about 243 Earth days
similarTo Earth in size
surfaceFeature impact craters
large shield volcanoes
tessera terrain
volcanic plains
surfacePressure about 92 times Earth surface pressure
surfaceTemperature about 465 degrees Celsius
about 735 Kelvin
visibilityFromEarth very bright in Earth sky

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Solar System hasComponent Venus
Solar System hasPlanet Venus
Vulcan spouse Venus
Sol gravitationallyBinds Venus
Hesperus associatedWith Venus
this entity surface form: planet Venus
Hesperus celestialBody Venus
Magellan spacecraft orbitInsertion Venus
this entity surface form: Venus orbit
BepiColombo mission gravityAssistBody Venus
subject surface form: BepiColombo
Galileo spacecraft flyby Venus
Venus Express target Venus
Akatsuki Venus climate orbiter target Venus
subject surface form: Akatsuki
Mariner 10 target Venus
Mariner 10 flyby Venus
MESSENGER flyby Venus
Morning Star refersTo Venus
Venera missions target Venus
Venus planetNamesake Venus
this entity surface form: planet Venus
Phosphoros celestialAssociation Venus
this entity surface form: planet Venus
Maya observedAstronomicalBody Venus
subject surface form: Maya civilization
Navagraha Temple hasDeity Venus
this entity surface form: Shukra
Yepun nameMeaning Venus
Platform of Venus associatedWith Venus
this entity surface form: planet Venus
Venus, Ohio, United States namedAfter Venus
this entity surface form: Venus (planet)
Point Venus, Tahiti namedAfter Venus
this entity surface form: planet Venus
Percival Lowell studied Venus
worship of Ishtar associatedWithSymbol Venus
this entity surface form: planet Venus
worship of al-‘Uzza associatedWith Venus
this entity surface form: planet Venus
Vesper refersTo Venus
Vesper identifiedWith Venus
this entity surface form: planet Venus
Mariner 2 target Venus
Mariner 2 confirmed Venus
this entity surface form: Venus has a predominantly carbon dioxide atmosphere
Mariner program target Venus
Ben Bova notableWork Venus