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Venus photographed in ultraviolet light by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (Pioneer 12) spacecraft, February 26, 1979. Although Venus's cloud cover is nearly featureless in visible light, ultraviolet imaging reveals distinctive structure and pattern, including global-scale V-shaped bands that open toward the west (left). Added color in the image emulates Venus's yellow-white appearance to the eye.
Venus orbits the Sun at a mean distance of approximately 108 million km (67 million miles). This distance is equivalent to about 0.7 times Earth’s distance from the Sun. Because Venus has the least eccentric orbit of any planet in the solar system, its distance from the Sun remains very consistent throughout its orbital period.12