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Venus
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Photo of the planet Venus
Venus

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Mean distance from the star Sun 108.210.000 km
0,7233 AU
Minimum distance from the star Sun (perihelion) 107.463.300 km
Maximum distance from the star Sun (aphelion) 108.934.900 km
Orbital period around the star Sun (sideric) 224,695 d
Orbital period around the star Sun (synodic) 583,92 d
Mean orbital velocity 35,02 km/s
Orbital inclination 3,3947 °
Eccentricity of the orbit around the star Sun 0,0067
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Mass 4,8685 × 1024 kg
Equatorial radius 6051,8 km
Oblateness 0,0
Mean density 5,243 g/cm³
Escape velocity 10,361 km/s
Surface force of gravity 8,870 m/s²
Tilt of axis 177,36 °
Rotational period (reciprocal) - 243,0187 d
Equatorial rotational velocity 6,520 km/h
Mean surface temperature 737 K
Albedo 0,65
Apparent magnitude - 4,40 mvis
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The surface pressure of the atmosphere is bar.
  Carbon dioxide (CO2)
  Nitrogen (N2)
  Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
  Argon (Ar)
  Water vapor (H2O)
  Carbon monoxide (CO)
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In greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty. According to Homer she is a daughter of Zeus and Dione, according to Hesiod she was born from the sea foam. The roman goddess Venus was at the beginning a goddess of fertility and only over time became the goddess of love and beauty.

Aphrodite loved and was loved by many gods and mortals. Among her mortal lovers, the most famous was perhaps Adonis.

 Symbol of mythology for Venus
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File icon Gustav Holst: The Planets - Venus: The Bringer of Peace (69 kB)
 
File icon NASA Spacelink - Solar System Lithograph Set - Our Solar System
Lithograph number LG-2001-08-02-HQ (~ 3400 kB)
File icon NASA/JPL (Magellan) - Venus
Link to the page "Views of the Solar System"
File icon NASA (Mariner 10) - Mariner 10 Image of Venus
© Calvin J. Hamilton ("Views of the Solar System")
File icon NASA (Hubble Space Telescope) - Hubble Image of Venus
Link to the page "Views of the Solar System"
File icon NASA/USGS (Magellan) - Hemisperic View of Venus (Centered at 0° E)
Link to the page "Views of the Solar System"
File icon Welcome to the Planets
Online version of the "Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM"
File icon A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System - The Nine Planets
© William A. Arnett
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