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The second planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Venus orbits the Sun at an average distance 0.7 A.U.. The planet has a mass of 0.08 times the mass of the Earth and a radius 0.95 times the radius of the Earth. It is made of solid, rocky material and has a predominantly carbon dioxide atmosphere. Clouds of sulfuric acid cover the entire planet. Venus has no moons.