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Average Distance from the Sun |
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Metric: 108,208,930 km |
English: 67,237,910 miles |
Scientific Notation:
1.0820893 x 108 km (.723332 A.U.)
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By Comparison: 0.723 x Earth |
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Metric: 107,476,000 km |
English: 66,782,000 miles |
Scientific Notation:
1.07476 x 108 km (0.718 A.U.)
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By Comparison: 0.730 x Earth |
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Metric: 108,942,000 km |
English: 67,693,000 miles |
Scientific Notation:
1.08942 x 108 km (0.728 A.U.)
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By Comparison: 0.716 x Earth |
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Metric: 6,051.8 km |
English: 3,760.4 miles |
Scientific Notation: 6.0518 x 103 km |
By Comparison: 0.9488 x Earth |
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Metric: 38,025 km |
English: 23,627 miles |
Scientific Notation: 3.8025 x 104 km |
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Metric: 928,400,000,000 km3 |
Scientific Notation: 9.284 x 1011 km3 |
By Comparison: 0.88 x Earth's |
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Metric: 4,868,500,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg |
Scientific Notation: 4.8685 x 1024 kg |
By Comparison: 0.815 x Earth |
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Metric: 5.24 g/cm3 |
By Comparison: Comparable to the average density of the Earth. |
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Metric: 460,200,000 km2 |
English: 177,700,000 square miles |
Scientific Notation: 4.602 x 108 km2 |
By Comparison: 0.902 x Earth |
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Equatorial Surface Gravity |
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Metric: 8.87 m/s2 |
English: 29.1 ft/s2 |
By Comparison: If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 91 pounds on Venus. |
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Metric: 37,300 km/h |
English: 23,200 mph |
Scientific Notation: 1.036 x 104 m/s |
By Comparison: 0.927 x Earth |
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Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day) |
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-243 Earth days (retrograde) |
-5832 hours (retrograde) |
By Comparison: 244 x Earth |
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Sidereal Orbit Period (Length of Year) |
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0.615 Earth years |
224.7 Earth days |
By Comparison: 0.615 x Earth |
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Metric: 126,077 km/h |
English: 78,341 mph |
Scientific Notation: 35,021.4 m/s |
By Comparison: 1.176 x Earth |
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By Comparison: 0.405 x Earth |
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Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic |
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Equatorial Inclination to Orbit |
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177.3 degrees |
By Comparison: 7.56 x Earth |
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Metric: 675,300,000 km |
English: 419,600,000 miles |
Scientific Notation: 6.753 x 108 km |
By Comparison: 0.731 x Earth |
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Minimum/Maximum Surface Temperature |
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Metric: 462 °C |
English: 864 °F |
Scientific Notation: 735 K |
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Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen |
Scientific Notation: CO2, N2 |
By Comparison: Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of N2 and O2. CO2 is largely responsible for the Greenhouse Effect and is used for carbonation in beverages. N2 is 80% of Earth's air and is a crucial element in DNA. |
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