Planet Profile Venus

Mass (kg).....................................................................................4.87 x 10^24
Diameter (km).........................................................................................12104
Mean density (kg/m^3) ..........................................................................5250
Escape velocity (m/sec).....................................................................10400
Average distance from Sun (AU)......................................................0.723
Rotation period (length of day) (in Earth days)......243.0 (retrograde)
Revolution period (length of year) (in Earth days).........................224.7
Obliquity (tilt of axis) (degrees)..............................................................178
Orbit inclination (degrees).....................................................................3.39
Orbit eccentricity....................................................................................0.007
Mean surface temperature (K)................................................................726
Visual geometric albedo........................................................................0.59
Highest point on surface........Maxwell Montes (17 km above mean planetary radius)

Atmospheric components........96% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 0.1% water vapor
Surface materials...........................................................basaltic rock and altered materials