Space & Astronomy

A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus

Venus rotates so slowly that one full rotation (a Venusian day) takes 243 Earth days. But it only takes 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun (a Venusian year). So on Venus, the year ends before the day does — and it rotates backwards relative to most planets.

Source: NASA planetary data

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