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Venus

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Wrapped in sulphuric-acid cloud over a surface of about 465 °C — the hottest planet.

Measured

Equatorial radius
6,052 km
From the Earth today
0.335 AU (50.2 million km)

How far, from the Earth

50.2 million km. To cross it:

  • Light2 minutes 47 seconds
  • Voyager 1's speed34.4 days
  • Driving at 100 km/h57.2 years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Where this comes from

  • Planets, Pluto, the Moon and Jupiter's big moons: astronomy-engine (Don Cross, MIT). Other moons: JPL Planetary Satellite Mean Elements. Ceres, Eris, Haumea, Makemake: JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.