Earth VS Venus
Sometimes called ‘Earth’s Twin’, Venus is in fact a very different world to ours
EARTH
AVERAGE DISTANCE FROM THE SUN
150 MILLION KILOMETRES (93 MILLION MILES)
PLANET RADIUS
6,378 KILOMETRES (3,963 MILES)
PLANET DENSITY
5,520 KILOGRAMS PER CUBIC METRE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
15 DEGREES CELSIUS (59 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT)
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION
78% NITROGEN, 21% OXYGEN, 1% ARGON
VENUS
AVERAGE DISTANCE FROM THE SUN
108 MILLION KILOMETRES (67 MILLION MILES)
PLANET RADIUS
6,052 KILOMETRES (3,760 MILES)
PLANET DENSITY
5,250 KILOGRAMS PER CUBIC METRE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
465 DEGREES CELSIUS (869 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT)
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION
96% CARBON DIOXIDE, 3% NITROGEN
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