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      • While Venus and Earth have similar sizes and are solar system neighbors, they have evolved very differently. Venus today lacks oceans, appears to lack plate tectonics, and has a massive carbon dioxide atmosphere that creates a greenhouse effect that makes the surface a hot hell.
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  1. Earth's nearness to Venus is a matter of perspective. The planet is nearly as big around as Earth. Its diameter at its equator is about 7,521 miles (12,104 kilometers), versus 7,926 miles (12,756 kilometers) for Earth. From Earth, Venus is the brightest object in the night sky after our own Moon.

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    • Size, Mass and Orbit
    • Structure and Composition
    • Surface Features
    • Atmosphere and Temperature
    • Magnetic Fields
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    In terms of their respective sizes, masses and compositions, Venus and Earth are quite similar. Whereas Earth has a mean radius of 6,371 km and a mass 5,972,370,000 quadrillion kg, Venus has a mean radius of about 6,052 km and a mass of 4,867,500,000 quadrillion kg. This means that Venus is roughly 0.9499 the size of Earth and 0.815 as massive. In ...

    Being terrestrial planets, Venus and Earth have similar structures and compositions. Earth’s interioris divided into layers based on their chemical or physical properties, consisting of a core, mantle, and outer crust. Whereas the core region consists of nickel and iron, the mantle and outer crust are composed of silicate rock and minerals. While l...

    Unlike other planet’s in our Solar System, the majority of Earth’s surface is covered in liquid water. In fact, about 70.8% of the surface is covered by oceans, lakes, rivers and other sources, with much of the continental shelf below sea level. In addition, Earth’s terrain varies greatly from place to place, regardless of whether or not it is abov...

    Earth’s atmosphere is made up of five main layers – the Troposphere, the Stratosphere, the Mesosphere, the Thermosphere, and the Exosphere. As a rule, air pressure and density decrease the higher one goes into the atmosphere and the farther one is from the surface. However, the relationship between temperature and altitude is more complicated, and ...

    It is a well known fact that Earth’s strong magnetic field is intrinsic to it being able to support life. The main part of this field is generated in the core, the site of a dynamo process that converts the kinetic energy of convective fluid motion into electrical and magnetic field energy. The convection movements in the core are chaotic, causing ...

    So let’s review. Earth and Venus have their share of similarities, but also some rather stark differences. Let’s compare them, category by category, placing Earth’s values on the left and Venus’ on the right. Mean Radius: 6,371.0 km6,051.8 ± 1.0 km Mass: 5.972 37 x 1024 kg 4.8675 x 1024kg Volume: 10.8321×1011 km3 9.2843×1011 km3 Semi-Major Axis: 14...

  2. How big is Venus? How far is it from the Sun? Use this tool to compare Venus to Earth, and other planets. Read More

  3. At its nearest to Earth, Venus is some 38 million miles (about 61 million kilometers) distant. But most of the time the two planets are farther apart; Mercury, the innermost planet, actually spends more time in Earth’s proximity than Venus. One more trick of perspective: how Venus looks through binoculars or a telescope.

  4. Aug 10, 2016 · Venus may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperatures for up to 2 billion years of its early history, according to computer modeling of the planet’s ancient climate by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.

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  6. Surface temperature: 440°C (820°F) to 480°C (900°F) Average distance from Sun: 108 million kilometers (67 million miles), or 38% closer to the Sun than Earth. Diameter: 12,104 kilometers (7,521 miles), Earth is just 5% wider. Volume: 928 billion km3 (223 billion mi3), Venus could fit inside Earth 1.1 times.

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