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 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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