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© USGS Astrogeology Research Program
Radius: 6051.9 km
Mass: 4.87x1024 kg
Orbital Period: 224.7 Earth days
Rotation Period: 243.0 Earth day
Distance from Sun: 108.2 million km
Venus is second planet from the Sun. It has a very thick atmosphere. The surface of Venus can only be seen with special imaging sensors. The image of Venus shown here (left) was primary created from radar imagery collected by the Magellan spacecraft.
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Venus is the second planet from Sun:
Distance from Sun (million km): 108
Revolution: 225 days
Diameter (equator): 12.104 km
Period of rotation: 243 d, 4 h (Venus rotates slowly on its axis in a clockwise direction, which is referred to as a "retrograde" rotation because it is the opposite of the other planets)
As with the other inner planets, the surface of Venus has been shaped by impact of meteorites, tectonic activity, and volcanoes. Venus´ temperature during the day reaches 484 degrees Celsius. The dense atmosphere is composed of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid which acts as a greenhouse and traps the heat.
Since the revolution of Venus is longer than its period of rotation, a day on Venus is longer than a venusian year.
Venus has no naturally occurring satellites.
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| Available Images | Venus: Oblique View Of Crater Riley
© NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This Magellan full resolution radar mosaic centered at 14 degrees north latitude, 72 degrees east longitude, shows an oblique view of the impact crater Riley, named for Margaretta Riley, a 19th Century botanist. This view was prepared from two left-looking Magellan radar images acquired with different incidence angles. Because the relief displacements of the two images are different, depths from the crater rim to the crater floor and heights of the crater rim and flanks above the surrounding plains can be measured. The crater is 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) in diameter. The floor of the crater is 580 meters (1,914 feet) below the plains surrounding the crater. The crater's rim rises 620 meters (2,046 feet) above the plains and 1,200 meters (3,960 feet) above the crater floor. The crater's central peak is 536 meters (1,769 feet) high. The crater's diameter is 40 times the depth resulting in a relatively shallow appearance. The topography is exaggerated by 22 times to emphasize the crater's features.
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