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What are the similarities and differences between Earth and Venus?

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Size, Mass and Orbit:
Whereas Earth has a mean radius of 6,371 km and a mass 5,972,370,000 quadrillion kg, Venus has a mean radius of about 6,052 km and a mass of 4,867,500,000 quadrillion kg. This means that Venus is roughly 0.9499 the size of Earth and 0.815 as massive.


In respect to this, what are the similarities between Earth and Venus?

Venus is sometimes called Earth's twin because Venus and Earth are almost the same size, have about the same mass (they weigh about the same), and have a very similar composition (are made of the same material). They are also neighboring planets.

how are Venus Mars and Earth similar and different? Venus is similar, albeit smaller, in mass. All are terrestrial (rocky) planets. In extremely round figures, Venus has 100 times the atmospheric pressure of the Earth, while the Earth has 100 times the pressure of Mars. Although only 11% of the mass of the Earth, Mars has about 38% of the gravity on its surface.

Similarly, you may ask, what are differences between Earth and Venus?

Venus compared with the Earth. Venus is often named as Earth's twin because both worlds share a similar size, surface composition and have an atmosphere with a complex weather system. Both planets have almost the same size and density and Venus is only a 30% closer to the Sun than Earth.

What are the similarities and differences between Earth and Mars?

Mars is only about one-half the diameter of Earth, but both planets have roughly the same amount of dry land surface area. This is because over two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans, whereas the present surface of Mars has no liquid water.

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