The second planet from the Sun and the warmest of our solar system (together with Jupiter's satellite, Io). It is covered with a thick atmosphere, which warms the surface as if it were a green house interior. Venus is so similar to Earth that it is very often referred to as Earth’s ‘twin sister’.

Average distance from the Sun: 108.2 million km
Distance from Earth: Minimum 41.4 million km, Maximum 257 million km
Mass: 0.815 times the mass of Earth
Diameter: 12,104 km
Day duration: 243 earth days
Year duration: 225 earth days
Temperature: 4600 Celsius
Atmosphere: Carbon dioxide (97%), traces from water vapour, argon, neon
Surface gravity:
If on Earth you weigh 70kg, on Venus's surface you would weigh 62 kg