Venus
The brightest of the planets. Symbol: ♀.
Equatorial diameter
12,104 km
0.95× Earth
Mass
0.815 × Earth
Surface gravity
0.91 × Earth
Orbital period
224.7 days
Mean distance from the Sun
0.723 AU
Rotation
243.0 days, retrograde
Axial tilt
177.4°
Mean temperature
464 °C
Moons
0
My Sky
Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: Venus
Further info
NASA: Venus
Wikipedia: Venus
Source
Figures: NASA planetary fact sheets
