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'''Venus''' is the second planet from the [[Sun]]. It has a day longer than a year. The year length of Venus is 225 Earth days. The day length of Venus is 243 Earth days. It is a terrestrial planet because it has a solid, rocky surface like other planets in the inner solar system. Astronomers have known Venus for thousands of years. The ancient Romans named it after their goddess Venus. Venus is the brightest thing in the night sky except for the Moon. It is sometimes called the morning star or the evening star as at some elongations it is easily seen just before the sun comes up in the morning and, at other elongations, just after the sun goes down in the evening. Venus comes closer to the Earth than any other planet does.
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Venus
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:VenusScrshot.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Venus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Venus
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|J2000 (1 January 2000)
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|0.72333199 AU <br> (1.082089255×10<sup>11</sup> km)
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.00677323
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|3.39471° <br> (0.0592489 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|76.68069° <br>1.338331 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|131.53298° <br> (2.295684 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|181.97973° <br> (3.176145 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary orbital element centennial rates
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|0.00000092 AU/Century
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="50%"|-0.00004938 Century<sup>-1</sup>
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|-2.86 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|-996.89 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|-108.80 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|210664136.06 seconds/Century
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters|
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|6051.84 km
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|4.86855374×10<sup>24</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Density||align="right" width="30%"|5.204 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
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|width="30%"|Sidereal rotation period||align="right" width="30%"|-5832.444 hours
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|width="30%"|Sidereal orbit period||align="right" width="30%"|0.6151826 years
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|width="30%"|Magnitude V(1,0)||align="right" width="30%"|-4.4
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|width="30%"|Geometric albedo||align="right" width="30%"|0.65
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|width="30%"|Equatorial gravity||align="right" width="30%"|8.8606 m/s<sup>2</sup>
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|width="30%"|Orbital speed at surface||align="right" width="30%"|7328 m/s
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|width="30%"|Escape velocity||align="right" width="30%"|10.361 km/s
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|width-"30%"|SOI radius (estimated)||align="right" width="30%"|1.68×10<sup>8</sup> m
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
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|width="30%"|North pole right ascension (α<sub>1</sub>)||align="right" width="30%"|272.78°
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|width="30%"|North pole declination (δ<sub>1</sub>)||align="right" width="30%"|67.21°
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy of ecliptic||align="right" width="30%"|1.27°
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|width="30%"|Longitude of Sun's transit||align="right" width="30%"|301.07°
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Atmospheric parameters
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|width="30%"|Surface Pressure||align="right" width="30%"|9200 kPa
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|width="30%"|Surface Density||align="right" width="30%"|~65 kg/m<sup>/3</sup>
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|width="30%"|Scale height||align="right" width="30%"|15.9 km
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|width="30%"|Average temperature||align="right" width="30%"|737 K
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|width="30%"|Wind speeds||align="right" width="30%"|0.3-1 m/s (surface)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Ecliptic position from primary*
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)
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Venus is sometimes called the sister planet of Earth as they are quite similar in size and gravity. In other ways, the planets are very different. Venus' atmosphere (air) is mostly carbon dioxide with clouds of sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid is a chemical that is very poisonous to humans.
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'''Venus''' is the second planet from the [[Sun]]. It has a day longer than a year. The year length of Venus is 225 [[Earth]] days. The day length of Venus is 243 Earth days. It is a terrestrial planet because it has a solid, rocky surface like other planets in the inner solar system. Astronomers have known Venus for thousands of years. The ancient Romans named it after their goddess Venus. Venus is the brightest thing in the night sky except for the [[Moon]]. It is sometimes called the morning star or the evening star as at some elongations it is easily seen just before the sun comes up in the morning and, at other elongations, just after the sun goes down in the evening. Venus comes closer to the Earth than any other planet does.
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Venus is sometimes called the sister planet of [[Earth]] as they are quite similar in size and gravity. In other ways, the planets are very different. Venus' atmosphere (air) is mostly carbon dioxide with clouds of sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid is a chemical that is very poisonous to humans.
  
 
The thick atmosphere has made it hard to see the surface, and until the twenty-first century, many people thought things might live there. The pressure on Venus' surface is 92 times that of Earth. Venus has no moons. Venus spins very slowly on its axis and it spins in the opposite direction to the other planets.
 
The thick atmosphere has made it hard to see the surface, and until the twenty-first century, many people thought things might live there. The pressure on Venus' surface is 92 times that of Earth. Venus has no moons. Venus spins very slowly on its axis and it spins in the opposite direction to the other planets.
  
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==Missions to Venus available as add-ons==
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== Surface features ==
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Although Venus is modeled as a sphere, there are more than 2000 surface features marked on Venus and are labeled if the labels are turned on in the Display menu.
  
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5241 Mariner 2]
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See [[List of surface features on Venus]]
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=510 Mariner 10] (for older Orbiter versions)
 
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=496 Magellan] (for older Orbiter versions)
 
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3425 Venus Express]
 
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2474 Messenger by Ëåäíåff] [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5638 Messenger by thexfiles19]
 
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4234 Venera 9]  
 
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4733 Vega 1 and Vega 2]
 
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2719 Venera-D]
 
  
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==Historical missions to Venus==
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== Historical missions to Venus ==
 
For a complete list of historical missions, see ''[[Missions to Venus]]''.
 
For a complete list of historical missions, see ''[[Missions to Venus]]''.
  
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==Flight Warning!==
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== Venus add-ons ==
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Add-ons for Venus beginning with the most recent.
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-torrent-files.5427/ Orbiter 2016 - torrent files]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter Download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-core-msi-exe-edition.5426/ Orbiter 2016 Core - MSI / EXE edition]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter Download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-core-zip-edition.5425/ Orbiter 2016 Core - ZIP edition]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html Orbiter core package download]<br>(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)||Orbiter download page||Orbiter 2016||martins||Orbiter download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|-|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/celestial-bodies-motion-part-1-4-v2-0-0.132/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0]||O-F Resources||v2.0.0||cristiapi||Scenery||2 July 2015||*module only||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010-p1.5428/ Orbiter 2010-P1]||O-F Resources||100830||martins||Orbiter Download||30 August 2010||Orbiter 2010-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010.5429/ Orbiter 2010]||O-F Resources||100606||martins||Orbiter Download||5 June 2010||Orbiter 2010||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/sts-30-atlantis-and-magellan.3509/ STS-30 (Atlantis) and Magellan]||O-F Resources||2020-08-10||Gargantua2024||Spacecraft||10 August 2020||Orbiter 2016||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venus-surface-and-heightmap-tiles-for-orbiter-2016.1695/ Venus surface and heightmap tiles for Orbiter 2016]||O-F Resources||2016-12-04||4throck||Scenery||4 December 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/multiple-slingshot-scenarios-to-outer-planets.160/ Multiple slingshot scenarios to outer planets]||O-F Resources||2016-08-29||downloaderfan||Scenarios||30 August 2016||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/rosetta-comet-67-p-landing-mission-ver-3b.3181/ Rosetta - Comet 67/P Landing Mission, ver. 3B]||O-F Resources||ver. 3B||flug||Spacecraft||19 November 2014||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venus-base.4828/ Venus Base]||O-F Resources||2014-04-17||drummer054||Scenery||17 April 2014||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venus-level-9-global-textures.2594/ Venus Level 9 global textures]||O-F Resources||2012-11-24||4throck||Scenery||24 November 2012||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venus-heightmap.4755/ Venus Heightmap]||O-F Resources||2012-11-04||4throck||Scenery||4 November 2012||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/nasa-titan-odyssey-2-0.184/ NASA - Titan Odyssey 2.0]||O-F Resources||2.0||ionif||Scenarios||13 October 2012||Orbiter 2010||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/nasa-titan-odyssey-1-0.1191/ NASA - Titan Odyssey 1.0]||O-F Resources||1.0 ||ionif||Scenarios||13 October 2012||Orbiter 2010||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/pioneer-venus-1.1329/ Pioneer Venus 1]||O-F Resources||2012-03-05||TheXFiles19||Spacecraft||5 March 2012||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/gep-mariner-2.4919/ GEP Mariner 2]||O-F Resources||2011-05-23||Felipi1205||Spacecraft||24 May 2011||Orbiter 2006-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/grand-exploration-probes-mariner-2.4860/ Grand Exploration Probes- Mariner 2]||O-F Resources||2011-05-22||Felipi1205||Spacecraft||22 May 2011||Orbiter 2006-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venus-8-level-texture.3428/ Venus 8 level texture]||O-F Resources||2011-03-05||sergsh||Scenery||5 March 2011||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/vega1-vega2.1074/ Vega1 & Vega2]||O-F Resources||2010-09-28||BrianJ||Spacecraft||29 September 2010||Orbiter 2010-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venus-hires-level-8.3089/ Venus HiRes Level 8]||O-F Resources||2009-12-01||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||1 December 2009||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venera-9.3489/ Venera 9]||O-F Resources||v1.0-091005||4throck||Spacecraft||5 October 2009||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/io-orbiter.4061/ Io Orbiter]||O-F Resources||2008-12-25||Piper||Spacecraft||25 December 2008||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/shukra_venus_station_080813.360/ Shukra_Venus_Station_080813]||O-F Resources||080813||Artlav||Scenery||13 August 2008||UMMU||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venus-express.2462/ Venus Express]||O-F Resources||2008-06-25||MartySpaceLines||Spacecraft||25 June 2008||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venus-star-v-0-5.5298/ Venus Star v 0.5]||O-F Resources||2007-11-06||Tsynique||Spacecraft||6 November 2007||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/145-year-solar-system-tour.862/ 145 Year Solar System Tour]||O-F Resources||2007-02-28||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenarios||28 February 2007||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venera-d.2630/ Venera-D]||O-F Resources||2006-12-09||Kodiak||Spacecraft||9 December 2006||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006-p1.5430/ Orbiter 2006-P1]||O-F Resources||060929||martins||Orbiter Download||29 September 2006||Orbiter 2006-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/the-double-planet-solar-system.1871/ The Double Planet Solar System]||O-F Resources||2006-07-09||ijuin||Scenery||10 July 2006||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/venusbase.3212/ Venusbase]||O-F Resources||2006-05-29||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||30 May 2006||Orbiter 2006||
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|-
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006.5431/ Orbiter 2006]||O-F Resources||060504||martins||Orbiter Download||4 May 2006||Orbiter 2006||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/floating-base-titan-venus-v0-9.1937/ Floating Base Titan-Venus v0.9]||O-F Resources||v0.9||Peaceman||Scenery||24 April 2006||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/solar-system-bases-v7-0-final.3539/ Solar System Bases V7.0 Final]||O-F Resources||V7.0||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||21 January 2006||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/op-center-farenheit.3013/ OP Center Farenheit]||O-F Resources||2006-01-19||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||19 January 2006||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/emissary-galleon-v2.5252/ Emissary Galleon v2]||O-F Resources||v2||perseus||Spacecraft||2 June 2005||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/topographic-green-images-for-map-mfd.1503/ Topographic Green Images for Map MFD]||O-F Resources||2005-02-15||Drake||Miscellaneous||15 February 2005||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/2005-with-p1-patch-files.5432/ 2005 (with P1 patch files)]||O-F Resources||050216||martins||Orbiter Download||16 February 2005||Orbiter 2005||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/lo-res-planets-for-slow-computers.3802/ Lo Res Planets (for slow computers)]||O-F Resources||2004-12-18||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||18 December 2004||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/gep-cassini-huygens-v-1-2.3334/ GEP- Cassini-Huygens V 1.2]||O-F Resources||V 1.2||missleman01||Spacecraft||26 June 2004||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/gep-galileo.4346/ GEP - Galileo]||O-F Resources||2004-06-18||missleman01||Spacecraft||19 June 2004||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/gep-magellan.1175/ GEP - Magellan]||O-F Resources||2004-06-17||missleman01||Spacecraft||18 June 2004||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p2.5433/ Orbiter 2003-P2]||O-F Resources||031217||martins||Orbiter Download||17 December 2003||Orbiter 2003-P2||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p1.5434/ Orbiter 2003-P1]||O-F Resources||031105||martins||Orbiter Download||5 November 2003||Orbiter 2003-P1|
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|-
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2002.5436/ Orbiter 2002]||O-F Resources||020419||martins||Orbiter Download||19 April 2002||Orbiter 2002||
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|-
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2001.5437/ Orbiter 2001]||O-F Resources||010503||martins||Orbiter Download||3 May 2001||Orbiter 2001||
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|}
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== Flight Warning! ==
  
 
At the surface of '''Venus''', the atmospheric pressure is 9.2MPa, over 90 atmospheres. This is substantially greater than the back-pressure which standard rocket motors are able to generate; a [[Delta-glider]] landed on Venus will not be able to take off (at least if the [[complex flight model]] is in use).
 
At the surface of '''Venus''', the atmospheric pressure is 9.2MPa, over 90 atmospheres. This is substantially greater than the back-pressure which standard rocket motors are able to generate; a [[Delta-glider]] landed on Venus will not be able to take off (at least if the [[complex flight model]] is in use).
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
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* Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus]
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* [[w:Venus|Venus]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
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* Go to [[:Category:Addons for Venus|Addons for Venus]]
 
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<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
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VenusOrbiter2001.jpg|<center>Venus in Orbiter 2001</center>
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VenusOrbiter2002.jpg|<center>Venus in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Venus-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Venus in Orbiter 2002P3</center>
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Venus-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Venus in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
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Venus-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Venus in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
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Venus-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Venus in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
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Venus-Orbiter2010P1-Orbiter2010P1.jpg|<center>Venus in Orbiter 2010P1</center>
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VenusScrshot.jpg|<center>Venus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>
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Venus 2 Approach Image.jpg|<center>Venus as seen by [[w:MESSENGER|MESSENGER]] 5 June 2007</center>
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Latest revision as of 03:16, 12 November 2024

Venus
VenusScrshot.jpg
Venus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
Designation
Name Venus
Reference body Sun
Number of satellites
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch J2000 (1 January 2000)
Semimajor axis (a) 0.72333199 AU
(1.082089255×1011 km)
Eccentricity (e) 0.00677323
Inclination (i) 3.39471°
(0.0592489 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 76.68069°
1.338331 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 131.53298°
(2.295684 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 181.97973°
(3.176145 radian)
Planetary orbital element centennial rates
Semimajor axis (a) 0.00000092 AU/Century
Eccentricity (e) -0.00004938 Century-1
Inclination (i) -2.86 seconds/Century
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) -996.89 seconds/Century
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) -108.80 seconds/Century
Mean longitude (L) 210664136.06 seconds/Century
Selected physical parameters|
Mean radius 6051.84 km
Mass 4.86855374×1024 kg
Density 5.204 g/cm3
Sidereal rotation period -5832.444 hours
Sidereal orbit period 0.6151826 years
Magnitude V(1,0) -4.4
Geometric albedo 0.65
Equatorial gravity 8.8606 m/s2
Orbital speed at surface 7328 m/s
Escape velocity 10.361 km/s
SOI radius (estimated) 1.68×108 m
Rotation elements
North pole right ascension (α1) 272.78°
North pole declination (δ1) 67.21°
Obliqutiy of ecliptic 1.27°
Longitude of Sun's transit 301.07°
Atmospheric parameters
Surface Pressure 9200 kPa
Surface Density ~65 kg/m/3
Scale height 15.9 km
Average temperature 737 K
Wind speeds 0.3-1 m/s (surface)
Ecliptic position from primary*
Note *Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It has a day longer than a year. The year length of Venus is 225 Earth days. The day length of Venus is 243 Earth days. It is a terrestrial planet because it has a solid, rocky surface like other planets in the inner solar system. Astronomers have known Venus for thousands of years. The ancient Romans named it after their goddess Venus. Venus is the brightest thing in the night sky except for the Moon. It is sometimes called the morning star or the evening star as at some elongations it is easily seen just before the sun comes up in the morning and, at other elongations, just after the sun goes down in the evening. Venus comes closer to the Earth than any other planet does.

Venus is sometimes called the sister planet of Earth as they are quite similar in size and gravity. In other ways, the planets are very different. Venus' atmosphere (air) is mostly carbon dioxide with clouds of sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid is a chemical that is very poisonous to humans.

The thick atmosphere has made it hard to see the surface, and until the twenty-first century, many people thought things might live there. The pressure on Venus' surface is 92 times that of Earth. Venus has no moons. Venus spins very slowly on its axis and it spins in the opposite direction to the other planets.

Surface features[edit]

Although Venus is modeled as a sphere, there are more than 2000 surface features marked on Venus and are labeled if the labels are turned on in the Display menu.

See List of surface features on Venus

Historical missions to Venus[edit]

For a complete list of historical missions, see Missions to Venus.

Venus add-ons[edit]

Add-ons for Venus beginning with the most recent.

Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Orbiter 2016 - torrent files O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter Download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter 2016 Core - MSI / EXE edition O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter Download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter 2016 Core - ZIP edition O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter core package download
(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)		 Orbiter download page Orbiter 2016 martins Orbiter download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter 2010-P1 O-F Resources 100830 martins Orbiter Download 30 August 2010 Orbiter 2010-P1
Orbiter 2010 O-F Resources 100606 martins Orbiter Download 5 June 2010 Orbiter 2010
STS-30 (Atlantis) and Magellan O-F Resources 2020-08-10 Gargantua2024 Spacecraft 10 August 2020 Orbiter 2016
Venus surface and heightmap tiles for Orbiter 2016 O-F Resources 2016-12-04 4throck Scenery 4 December 2016 Orbiter 2016
Multiple slingshot scenarios to outer planets O-F Resources 2016-08-29 downloaderfan Scenarios 30 August 2016
Rosetta - Comet 67/P Landing Mission, ver. 3B O-F Resources ver. 3B flug Spacecraft 19 November 2014
Venus Base O-F Resources 2014-04-17 drummer054 Scenery 17 April 2014
Venus Level 9 global textures O-F Resources 2012-11-24 4throck Scenery 24 November 2012
Venus Heightmap O-F Resources 2012-11-04 4throck Scenery 4 November 2012
NASA - Titan Odyssey 2.0 O-F Resources 2.0 ionif Scenarios 13 October 2012 Orbiter 2010
NASA - Titan Odyssey 1.0 O-F Resources 1.0 ionif Scenarios 13 October 2012 Orbiter 2010
Pioneer Venus 1 O-F Resources 2012-03-05 TheXFiles19 Spacecraft 5 March 2012
GEP Mariner 2 O-F Resources 2011-05-23 Felipi1205 Spacecraft 24 May 2011 Orbiter 2006-P1
Grand Exploration Probes- Mariner 2 O-F Resources 2011-05-22 Felipi1205 Spacecraft 22 May 2011 Orbiter 2006-P1
Venus 8 level texture O-F Resources 2011-03-05 sergsh Scenery 5 March 2011
Vega1 & Vega2 O-F Resources 2010-09-28 BrianJ Spacecraft 29 September 2010 Orbiter 2010-P1
Venus HiRes Level 8 O-F Resources 2009-12-01 Unknown OHM Addon Developer Scenery 1 December 2009
Venera 9 O-F Resources v1.0-091005 4throck Spacecraft 5 October 2009
Io Orbiter O-F Resources 2008-12-25 Piper Spacecraft 25 December 2008
Shukra_Venus_Station_080813 O-F Resources 080813 Artlav Scenery 13 August 2008 UMMU
Venus Express O-F Resources 2008-06-25 MartySpaceLines Spacecraft 25 June 2008
Venus Star v 0.5 O-F Resources 2007-11-06 Tsynique Spacecraft 6 November 2007
145 Year Solar System Tour O-F Resources 2007-02-28 Unknown OHM Addon Developer Scenarios 28 February 2007
Venera-D O-F Resources 2006-12-09 Kodiak Spacecraft 9 December 2006
Orbiter 2006-P1 O-F Resources 060929 martins Orbiter Download 29 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
The Double Planet Solar System O-F Resources 2006-07-09 ijuin Scenery 10 July 2006
Venusbase O-F Resources 2006-05-29 Unknown OHM Addon Developer Scenery 30 May 2006 Orbiter 2006
Orbiter 2006 O-F Resources 060504 martins Orbiter Download 4 May 2006 Orbiter 2006
Floating Base Titan-Venus v0.9 O-F Resources v0.9 Peaceman Scenery 24 April 2006
Solar System Bases V7.0 Final O-F Resources V7.0 Unknown OHM Addon Developer Scenery 21 January 2006
OP Center Farenheit O-F Resources 2006-01-19 Unknown OHM Addon Developer Scenery 19 January 2006
Emissary Galleon v2 O-F Resources v2 perseus Spacecraft 2 June 2005
Topographic Green Images for Map MFD O-F Resources 2005-02-15 Drake Miscellaneous 15 February 2005
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
Lo Res Planets (for slow computers) O-F Resources 2004-12-18 Unknown OHM Addon Developer Scenery 18 December 2004
GEP- Cassini-Huygens V 1.2 O-F Resources V 1.2 missleman01 Spacecraft 26 June 2004
GEP - Galileo O-F Resources 2004-06-18 missleman01 Spacecraft 19 June 2004
GEP - Magellan O-F Resources 2004-06-17 missleman01 Spacecraft 18 June 2004
Orbiter 2003-P2 O-F Resources 031217 martins Orbiter Download 17 December 2003 Orbiter 2003-P2
Orbiter 2003-P1 O-F Resources 031105 martins Orbiter Download 5 November 2003
Orbiter 2002 O-F Resources 020419 martins Orbiter Download 19 April 2002 Orbiter 2002
Orbiter 2001 O-F Resources 010503 martins Orbiter Download 3 May 2001 Orbiter 2001

Flight Warning![edit]

At the surface of Venus, the atmospheric pressure is 9.2MPa, over 90 atmospheres. This is substantially greater than the back-pressure which standard rocket motors are able to generate; a Delta-glider landed on Venus will not be able to take off (at least if the complex flight model is in use).

See Also[edit]

  • Venus in Orbiter 2001
  • Venus in Orbiter 2002
  • Venus in Orbiter 2002P3
  • Venus in Orbiter 2003P2
  • Venus in Orbiter 2005P1
  • Venus in Orbiter 2006P1
  • Venus in Orbiter 2010P1
  • Venus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
  • Venus as seen by MESSENGER 5 June 2007
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