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• Venus is the second planet from the Sun, and is the sixth largest planet in the solar system. Because many of its features are proportionately similar to Earth's, Venus has been nicknamed Earth's sister planet. However its atmosphere is far more volatile, and features significantly higher pressure as well as clouds of sulfuric acid.

• Fast Facts

  1. Named after the Roman goddess of love, beauty, and fertility
  2. Also known as: Earth's sister planet, the Morning Star, the Evening Star
  3. Radius: 6,051.8 kilometers (81% of Earth)
  4. Circumference: 38,025 kilometers
  5. Surface area: 460.2 million square kilometers (82% of Earth)
  6. Mass: 4.87x10²⁴ kilograms (82% of Earth)
  7. Average distance from the Sun: 108.2 million kilometers
  8. Average distance from Earth: 40 million kilometersNASA: Venus - Facts & Figures
  9. 1. Carbon dioxide
     : 96.5%
  10. 1. Nitrogen
      : 3.5%
  11. 1. Trace amounts of Sulfur Dioxide, Argon, Water Vapor, Carbon Monoxide, Helium, and NeonNASA: Venus Fact Sheet

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