Volume of Venus

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The volume of Venus is 9.38 x 10¹¹ km³.

That sounds like a big number, and it is. Here’s the long version: 938,000,000,000 cubic kilometers. Just for comparison, the volume of Venus is 86% the volume of the Earth. That’s why many scientists consider Venus to be the twin planet to Earth. Of course, when you consider that the temperature on the surface of Venus is hot enough to melt lead, and atmospheric pressure is 92 times what you would experience on Earth, and Venus doesn’t exactly seem like Earth’s twin.

Of course, the volume of Venus is just a tiny fraction of the volume of the Sun. You could fit 1.5 million planets the size of Venus inside the Sun and still have room to spare.

It’s hard to study the interior of Venus, but scientists think that the volume of Venus is very similar to the volume of the Earth. The planet has a core of liquid metal surrounded by a mantle of molten rock. This is covered by a crust of solid rock.

Want to know about other objects in the Solar System? Here’s the volume of the Moon, and the size of the Sun.

Want more information on Venus? Here’s a link to Hubblesite’s News Releases about Venus, and here’s NASA’s Solar System Exploration Guide to Venus.

We have also recorded a whole episode of Astronomy Cast that’s just about planet Venus. Listen to it here, Episode 50: Venus.