Quick overview of the planet Venus

1. Venus

2. Quick Facts
• Mass: 4,867,320,000,000,000 billion kg
• Equatorial Diameter: 12,104 km
• Equatorial Circumference: 38,025 km
• Orbit Distance: 108,209,475 km
• Orbit Period: 224.70 Earth days
• Surface Temperature: 462 degrees Celsius

3. Earth’s Sister Planet
• Often referred to Earth’s sister planet because
of their similar size and mass.

4. Earth’s Sister Planet
• The two planets on have a 638 km difference
in diameter
• Venus has 81.5% of the Earth’s mass
• Both have a central core, a molten mantle and
a crust

5. Atmospheric Pressure
• The atmospheric pressure on Venus is 92
times greater than Earth’s
• Small asteroids are crushed when entering the
atmosphere, meaning no small craters lie on
the surface of the planet

6. Hottest Planet
• Because Venus does not tilt on its axis there is
no seasonal variation, the dense atmosphere
of around 96.5 percent carbon dioxide traps
heat and causes a greenhouse effect.
• The average temperature is 462 degrees
Celsius