Watch venus cross the face of the sun.
Venus size in solar system.
Size of the eight planets.
Or they might be struck by lightning.
Before we knew about what lay beneath.
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.
As a solar system locale venus was a popular destination for early 20th century science fiction writers.
Uncommonly it has only small rocky planets and large gas giants.
Because they presumably formed in the solar nebula from the same kind of rocky planetary building blocks they also likely have similar overall chemical compositions early telescopic observations of the planet revealed a perpetual veil.
12 000 km 7 500 miles length of day.
Venus has been called earth s twin because of the similarities in their masses sizes and densities and their similar relative locations in the solar system.
Elsewhere planets of intermediate size are typical both rocky and gas so there is no gap as seen between the size of earth and of neptune with a radius 3 8 times as large.
So astronauts visiting venus run the risk of being roasted burned suffocated and crushed to death.
This means that venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.
According to nasa this is the estimated radii of the eight planets in our solar system in order of size we also have included the radii sizes relative to earth to help.
And the atmosphere is about 90 times heavier than the atmosphere on earth.
It is similar to earth in size and mass and is often described as earth s sister or twin.
Named after the goddess of love and beauty venus has become nearly synonymous with woman in popular culture as referenced by the famous relationship guide men are from mars women are from venus.