Black-Body Temperature

231.7 K

Bond Albedo

0.750

Ellipticity

0.000

Equatorial Radius

6051.8 km

Equatorial Surface Gravity

8.87 m s⁻²

Escape Velocity

10.36 km s⁻¹

GM

0.3249 × 10⁶ km³ s⁻²

Mass

4.8685 × 10 24 kg

Mean Density

5243 kg m⁻³

Moment of Inertia

0.33 I MR⁻²

Polar Radius

6051.8 km

Solar Irradiance

2613.9 W m⁻²

Topographic Range

15 km

Visual Geometric Albedo

0.65

Visual Magnitude

−4.40

Volume

92.843 × 10¹⁰ km³

Volumetric Mean Radius

6051.8

Aphelion

108.94 × 10⁶ km

Length of Day

2802.0 hours

Maximum Orbital Velocity

35.26 km s⁻¹

Mean Orbital Velocity

35.02 km s⁻¹

Minimum Orbital Velocity

34.79 km s⁻¹

Obliquity to Orbit

177.36

Orbital Eccentricity

0.0067

Orbital Inclination

3.39°

Perihelion

107.48 × 10⁶ km

Semimajor Axis

108.21 × 10⁶ km

Sidereal Orbit Period

224.701 days

Sidereal Rotation Period

5832.5 hours

Synodic Period

583.92 days

Tropical Orbit Period

224.695 days

Longitude of Ascending Node

76.68069°

Longitude of Perihelion

131.53298°

Mean Longitude

181.97973°:

Orbital Eccentricity

0.00677323

Orbital Inclination

3.39471°

Semimajor Axis

0.72333199 AU

Apparent Magnitude near Opposition

−4.6

Maximum Apparent Diameter from Earth

66.0 arc seconds

Maximum Distance from Earth

261.0 × 10⁶ km

Minimum Apparent Diameter from Earth

9.7 arc seconds

Minimum Distance from Earth

38.2 × 10⁶ km

Average Temperature

737 K

Diurnal Temperature Range

about 0

Mean Molecular Weight

43.45 g mol⁻¹

Scale Height

15.9 km

Surface Density

about 65 kg m⁻³

Surface Pressure

92 bars

Surface Wind Speeds

0.3 to 1.0 m s⁻¹

Venus has no known satellites