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Description: A simplified plot of the position of Venus with respect to the Earth (i.e. geocentric perspective). For this graphic, Venus and the Earth are assumed to be in coplanar concentric perfect circular orbits around the sun, and Venus' and Earth's orbital periods are assumed to be in an exact 8:13 ratio (so that the size of Venus' orbit with respect to the Earth's is set as the cube ...
Description: A simplified plot of the position of Venus with respect to the Earth (i.e. geocentric perspective). For this graphic, Venus and the Earth are assumed to be in coplanar concentric perfect circular orbits around the sun (with Venus' orbit having a radius of 0.724 AU), and Venus' and Earth's orbital periods are assumed to be in an exact 8:13 ratio.
Venus has an orbit with a semi-major axis of 0.723 au (108,200,000 km; 67,200,000 mi), and an eccentricity of 0.007. [1] [2] The low eccentricity and comparatively small size of its orbit give Venus the least range in distance between perihelion and aphelion of the planets: 1.46 million km.
In a two-body problem with inverse-square-law force, every orbit is a Kepler orbit. The eccentricity of this Kepler orbit is a non-negative number that defines its shape. The eccentricity may take the following values: Circular orbit: e = 0; Elliptic orbit: 0 < e < 1; Parabolic trajectory: e = 1; Hyperbolic trajectory: e > 1; The eccentricity e ...
File information Description Phases of Venus: As it moves around its orbit, Venus displays phases like those of the Moon: it is new when it passes between the Earth and the Sun, small and full when it is on the opposite side of the Sun, and a half-phase when it is at its maximum elongations from the Sun. Venus is brightest when it is a large but thin crescent and much closer to the Earth.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Venus: . Venus – second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It has the longest rotation period (243 days) of any planet in the Solar System and rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets.
Elliptic orbit: An orbit with an eccentricity greater than 0 and less than 1 whose orbit traces the path of an ellipse. Geostationary or geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO): An elliptic orbit where the perigee is at the altitude of a low Earth orbit (LEO) and the apogee at the altitude of a geostationary orbit .
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Venusian orbit may refer to: the orbit of Venus around the Sun; a ...