planet · the Solar System
Venus
A runaway-greenhouse world hidden under sulphuric-acid clouds, with a 92-bar surface at 465 degrees Celsius.
- Type
- Planet
- Orbits
- the Sun
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 12,104 km
About Venus
- Venus spins backwards, and its day (243 Earth days) is longer than its year (225).
- It is the hottest planet in the Solar System, hotter than Mercury.
- NASA's Magellan mapped the surface through the clouds with radar.
Visit Venus in VR
In IKAREE, Venus is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Venus. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Venus, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Venus.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
