Planet
Venus
Second planet from the Sun
Right now · as of
How far is Venus from Earth?
40.8 million km
Its light takes 2 min 16 s to reach us.
Getting closer by 1,325 km a day.
108 million km from the Sun.
Open in 3DSpacecraft that went there
- CassiniApril 26, 1998 · Flies past Venus, 6,464 km away
- Parker Solar ProbeOctober 3, 2018 · Flies past Venus, 8,483 km away
- BepiColomboOctober 15, 2020 · Flies past Venus, 16,775 km away
- Solar OrbiterDecember 27, 2020 · Flies past Venus, 13,488 km away
- JUICEAugust 31, 2025 · Flies past Venus, 11,141 km away
From the trajectories NASA JPL Horizons publishes, for the flights TAKIP has fetched.
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Similar in size and mass to Earth, Venus has no liquid water, and its atmosphere is far thicker and denser than that of any other rocky body in the Solar System. The atmosphere is composed mostly of carbon dioxide and has a thick cloud layer of sulfuric acid that spans the whole planet.
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