Venus Our Solar System

Venus is one of the four terrestrial planets in the solar system meaning that it is a rocky body like earth.

Venus our solar system.

Venus takes 225 earth days to make one complete revolution around the sun while it takes 243 days for venus to rotate once on its axis. The diameter of venus is 12 103 6 km 7 520 8 mi only 638 4 km 396 7 mi less than earth s and its mass is 81 5 of earth s. Of the objects that orbit the sun directly the largest are the eight planets with the remainder being smaller objects the dwarf planets and small solar system bodies of the objects that orbit the sun indirectly the moons two are larger than the smallest planet. It s the hottest planet in our solar system even though mercury is closer to the sun.

The search for life from venus to the outer solar system while the discovery of the normally microbe produced phosphine on our toxic neighbour is astonishing other candidates for life are. The clouds of venus join the shortlist for potential signs of life in our solar system by mike wall 14 september 2020 scientists have spotted possible signs of life on multiple worlds beyond earth. Another odd fact about this planet is that its day is longer than its year. It is similar to earth in size and mass and is often described as earth s sister or twin.

Venus has crushing air pressure at its surface more than 90 times that of earth similar to the pressure you d encounter a mile below the ocean on earth.