Equatorial diameter12.1 million m
4 billionSesame seeds
17.6 millionTennis rackets
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Venus
Earth's scorching twin with a runaway greenhouse effect/Planets
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the hottest in our solar system, with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Its thick carbon-dioxide atmosphere creates a runaway greenhouse effect. Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets, meaning the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
Measurements
Mass4.9 septillion kg
1.2 septillionGallons of milk
608 quintillionYachts
54.1 sextillionHome safes
Mean orbital speed35,020 m/s
15,918Olympic swimmers
1.2 hundredthsPercent light speeds
460,789Galapagos tortoises
Mean surface temperature737 K
2.35Hot baths
2.4Chocolate melting points
Sidereal day length21 million s
9.4 thousandthsQueen Elizabeth II reigns
21 quadrillionCPU clock cycles
About 243 Earth days, longer than its year
Mean distance from the Sun108 billion m
82 billionFiling cabinet heights
193 billionHead circumferences
2 trillionCredit card widths
Surface atmospheric pressure9.2 million Pa
90.8Standard atmospheres
2.04Stiletto heel pressures
About 92 times Earth's sea-level pressure