Venus
Venus | |
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Star, Position | Sol, II |
Diameter | 12,104 km |
Length of day | 243.025 earth days (retrograde) |
Length of year | 224.701 earth days |
Surface gravity | 0.904 g |
Mean temperature | 464 °C (867 °F) |
Adjective | Venusian |
Population | 1,773,000 |
Government | ![]() Republic of Celestia |
Venus is the second planet from Sol. It is notable for having an extremely dense atmosphere, composed mostly of carbon dioxide with a thick, global sulfuric acid cloud cover. At the surface it has a mean temperature of 737 K (464 °C; 867 °F) and a pressure of 92 times that of Earth's at sea level. It was first settled in 2077 by the crew of the HAVOC 2 mission, after the catastrophic failure of the HAVOC 1 mission in 2062 which killed all 30 of its crew members. It is now home to nearly 2 million inhabitants, living in floating cities high in Venus' atmosphere where the pressure and temperatures are similar to that of Earth's surface.