Venus
Venus is a planet in the Solar System, being the second-nearest to Sol, our Sun.
Its diameter is 12,104 km; its mass is 4.8685 x 1024 kg. It orbits the Sun in 224.7 Earth days, but its own day is 243.0 Earth days.
Its surface is obscured from space, because its atmosphere has thick clouds.
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