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Venus
Planet · Second planet from the Sun
About Venus
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Venus was 0.727 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 6.05 minutes to reach it.
It goes round the Sun once every 224.70 days, at an average distance of 0.723 AU.
It is about 12,100 km across.
The map lists it as a planet and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Semi-major axis | 0.723 AU |
|---|---|
| Orbital period | 224.70 days |
| Eccentricity | 0.0068 |
| Inclination | 3.39° |
| Mass | 4.87 × 10²⁴ kg |
| Radius | 6,051.8 km |
| Day length | 2,802 h (solar day) |
| Mean temperature | 464 °C |
| Distance from the Sun | 0.727 AU |
Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Inner planets, a view about 4 AU across.
From Wikipedia
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Similar in size and mass to Earth, Venus has no liquid water, and its atmosphere is far thicker and denser than that of any other rocky body in the Solar System.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Venus, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.