Venus Comparison Table

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Venus comparison table

Subject has surface temperature has orbital period is an instance of has inclination has mean density has rotation period has eccentricity has temperature of cloud top has albedo has been observ has radiu has obliquity has synodic period has maximum elongation has atmospheric pressure has mean distance from Sun has atmosphere composition has surface gravity has orbital velocity has composition has cloud altitude is a kind of has apparent magnitude has material has mass has motion relative to star has definition has escape velocity

naked eye planet for many centuries various elements planet brighter than 5 greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass epicycloidal a planet in our solar system visible to the unaided eye

terrestrial planet mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements planet silicates, oxides, water greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass A planet having a compact rocky surface like Earth

Venus 743 ± 8 K (from Venera 8) 224.7 days naked eye planet i = 3°.39 5.16 g cm^-3 243.09 ± 0.5 days e = 0.0068 250 K 0.76 for many centuries 6056 km 3° R 583.9 days 48° 92-95 atm 0.7233 AU 90-95% CO₂, remainder primarily N₂, traces of water vapor, oxygen, HF, HC1 (by volume) 8 m s² 35 km s^-1 mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements 44 km brighter than 5 silicates, oxides, water 4.872 × 10²⁷ g epicycloidal Second planet from the Sun. Has retrograde rotation. Mariner 10 has established that the cloud tops rotate every 4 hours retrograde. Radar experiments have established that the surface is somewhat smoother than the Moon, but there are mountains and there is extensive cratering. Last transit of Sun was in 1882; next one will be 2004. Venus's rotation period is in synchronism with Earth - that is, at inferior conjunction the same side is always toward the Earth. V_esc = 10.3 km s^-1

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Subject	has surface temperature	has orbital period	is an instance of	has inclination	has mean density	has rotation period	has eccentricity	has temperature of cloud top	has albedo	has been observ	has radiu	has obliquity	has synodic period	has maximum elongation	has atmospheric pressure	has mean distance from Sun	has atmosphere composition	has surface gravity	has orbital velocity	has composition	has cloud altitude	is a kind of	has apparent magnitude	has material	has mass	has motion relative to star	has definition	has escape velocity
naked eye planet										for many centuries										various elements		planet	brighter than 5		greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass	epicycloidal	a planet in our solar system visible to the unaided eye
terrestrial planet																				mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements		planet		silicates, oxides, water	greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass		A planet having a compact rocky surface like Earth
Venus	743 ± 8 K (from Venera 8)	224.7 days	naked eye planet	i = 3°.39	5.16 g cm^-3	243.09 ± 0.5 days	e = 0.0068	250 K	0.76	for many centuries	6056 km	3° R	583.9 days	48°	92-95 atm	0.7233 AU	90-95% CO₂, remainder primarily N₂, traces of water vapor, oxygen, HF, HC1 (by volume)	8 m s²	35 km s^-1	mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements	44 km		brighter than 5	silicates, oxides, water	4.872 × 10²⁷ g	epicycloidal	Second planet from the Sun. Has retrograde rotation. Mariner 10 has established that the cloud tops rotate every 4 hours retrograde. Radar experiments have established that the surface is somewhat smoother than the Moon, but there are mountains and there is extensive cratering. Last transit of Sun was in 1882; next one will be 2004. Venus's rotation period is in synchronism with Earth - that is, at inferior conjunction the same side is always toward the Earth.	V_esc = 10.3 km s^-1