Planet
Venus
Venus spins backwards — the Sun rises in the west.
Surface gravity 0.91× Earth
Mean radius 6,052 km
Mass 0.815× Earth
Length of day 116.8 Earth days
Length of year 225 Earth days
Avg. temperature 464 °C
Moons 0
Distance from Sun 0.72 AU
Venus compared to Earth
Venus has about 0.95× the radius of Earth and 0.815× its mass. Its surface gravity is 0.91 times Earth's — so a 70 kg person would weigh about 63.4 kg there.
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