Venus

The model of Venus is located at a crossing of walking tracks about 50m south from the model of Mercury. Venus does not have its own info guide and map, instead the guide is at the model of the Earth. The model of Venus is 105.8m to the southeast of the model of the Sun which doesn't immediately stand out, but instead you must look hard for it.

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The model of Venus is 12.1mm in diameter.

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Venus

Venus is a planet that is only a little smaller than Earth. Its diameter is 12,100km (12.1mm in the model). It has a very dense atmosphere and it always has a think cloud cover. The surface temperature of the planet is about 480°C and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than on the surface of the Earth. Venus does not have any moons. Its average distance from the Sun is 108 million km (106m in the model). Venus' orbit around the Sun takes 245 days. Venus is known as the evening and morning star.

Read more about Venus on the Nine Planets Venus page.