- takes 7.5 Earth months to revolve around the sun
- 8 months to rotate on axis
- day is longer than its year
- retrograde rotation( east to west) backwards or opposite
from the other planets
- about 65 million miles away from the sun
- no moons
- diameter is 7,200 miles
- length of day is 243 earth days
- length of year is 235 earth days
- density is 5,243 kg/m^3
- tilt of axis is 177-178 degrees
- average temperature is 457 degrees C (855 degrees F)
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