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	Venus	Venus
Discovered By	Known by the Ancients	Known by the Ancients
Date of Discovery	Unknown	Unknown
Average Orbit Distance	108,209,475 km	108,209,475 km
Perihelion (closest)	107,476,170 km	107,476,170 km
Aphelion (farthest)	108,942,780 km	108,942,780 km
Equatorial Radius	6,051.8 km	6,051.8 km
Equatorial Circumference	38,024.6 km	38,024.6 km
Volume	928,415,345,893 km3	928,415,345,893 km3
Mass	4,867,320,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg	4,867,320,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Density	5.243 g/cm3	5.243 g/cm3
Surface Area	460,234,317 km2	460,234,317 km2
Equatorial Surface Gravity	8.87 m/s2	8.87 m/s2
Escape Velocity	37,296 km/h	37,296 km/h
Rotation Period (Length of Day)	-243.018 sidereal days (retrograde)	-243.018 sidereal days (retrograde)
Orbit Period (Length of Year)	0.61519726 sidereal years	0.61519726 sidereal years
Mean Orbit Velocity	126,074 km/h	126,074 km/h
Orbit Eccentricity	0.00677672	0.00677672
Orbit Inclination to Ecliptic	3.39 degrees	3.39 degrees
Equatorial Inclination to Orbit	177.3 degrees (retrograde rotation)	177.3 degrees (retrograde rotation)
Orbit Circumference	679,892,378 km	679,892,378 km
Minimum/Maximum Surface Temperature	462 °C	462 °C
Atmospheric Constituents	Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen	Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen