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Venus is a cloud-veiled world, whose thick atmosphere's "surface pressure" is over 90 times that of Earth's! (1.6.x) (1.4.1). Here is a view of Venus's surface beneath its clouds! (1.6.x) (1.4.1)

Venus, the second planet from the Sun, has the most circular orbit of any of the major planets! (1.6.x) (1.4.1)

As you run the links above, keep an eye on CELESTIA's clock in the top-right corner of the program's window. This will help you appreciate how much time is passing in each view. Right Drag with your mouse after you run the link showing the planetary orbit for a good sense of its 3-dimensional aspects.

MERCURY
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EARTH & MOON
MARS
JUPITER
SATURN
URANUS
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VENUS

Equatorial Radius: 6,051.8 km
Equatorial Radius (Earth = 1): 0.949
Rotational Flattening: 0
Mass (Earth = 1): 0.815
Volume (Earth = 1): 0.857
Mean Density (Water = 1): 5.24
Surface Gravity (Earth = 1): 0.905
Inclination of Axis to Orbit: 177.36°
Rotation Period:
Synodic ("Day" in Earth solar* days): 116.75
Sidereal (Earth solar* days): 243.02
Albedo (geometric): 0.67
Number of Moons: 0
Ring System: No

Classifications:
Inner Planet (along with Mercury, Earth & Mars)
Terrestrial Planet (primarily Earth-like structure)
Inferior Planet (has smaller orbit than Earth)

Orbit: (1.6.x) (1.4.1)
Period: 224.701 Earth solar* days
Distance from Sun:
Mean (Earth = 1 AU): 0.723 AU
Mean: 108,210,000 km
Perihelion: 107,480,000 km
Aphelion: 108,940,000 km
Velocity:
Mean: 126,072 km/hr
Min: 125,244 km/hr
Max: 126,936 km/hr
Eccentricity: 0.0067
Inclination to Ecliptic: 3.39°

*Earth mean solar day = 24.0000 hours (24h00m00s)
Earth sidereal day = 23.9345 hr (23h56m4.1s)

Information Source: NASA Fact Sheets