DIAMETER OF VENUS




Venus is covered with dense yellow clouds of sulfuric acid. The pressure at its surface is 90 times higher than that at earth’s surface.

DIAMETER = 12,104 KM
YEAR LENGTH = 225 DAYS
MOON = 0

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