What makes this world interesting
Carbon dioxide sustains a powerful greenhouse effect. Opaque clouds hide the ground, and its rotation is slow and retrograde. The “morning star” or “evening star” is indeed a planet.
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Planet
Venus
Terrestrial planet · The brilliance of a world beneath the clouds
A rocky planet similar in size to Earth, wrapped in a very dense atmosphere.
- Equatorial diameter
- 12 104 km
- Mean orbital distance
- 108,2 million km
- Orbital period around the Sun
- 224,7 days
Observe or explore it
Its disc shows phases through a telescope. Plan to observe after sunset; never sweep the sky near the Sun with an instrument.
Connect the discoveries
Sources and reference information
NASA Science — Venus · NASA/NSSDCA — planetary data
Rounded educational data, sources consulted on 18 October 2026. Orbital distances are mean reference distances from the Sun, not current distances from Earth. Periods are expressed in Earth time. The planner provides date-specific positions for supported targets.
Understand its motion. Explore a simplified orbit in the laboratory →