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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It has poisonous atmosphere.
Venus is about 95% of the diameter of the Earth. The gravity on Venus is 91% of the gravity on Earth.
About 80% of Venus' surface consists of smooth volcanic plains. Venus is the hottest planet in our Solar System (484 degrees Celsius on the side facing the Sun).
It has no moons.
Venera 3 (USSR) was the first manmade object to reach Venus.
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
orbit: 108,200,000 km (0.72 AU) from Sun
diameter: 12,103.6 km
mass: 4.869e24 kg
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