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Did You Know? A Day on Venus Is Longer Than Its Year

By Daniel Updated

Planet Venus surrounded by thick clouds in space.
Solar System. Artwork of Earth's solar system, showing the planets and other objects that orbit the Sun (upper right). The separations of the orbits are not shown to scale. Most of the mass of the solar system is found in the Sun. The planets, from inner to outer, are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Also shown here (beyond Neptune) is Pluto, a former planet now considered a large dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. The asteroid belt is shown between Mars and Jupiter. At upper left is a meteor shower, shown as it would appear from the Earth's surface as the meteors impact the atmosphere.
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Did you know that a day on Venus lasts longer than an entire year on the planet?

Venus takes about 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis, but only 225 Earth days to complete one trip around the Sun.

Even more fascinating, Venus rotates backwards compared with most planets. This means the Sun would rise in the west and set in the east!

However, a sunrise-to-sunrise day on Venus lasts about 117 Earth days.

Amazing, isn’t it? Follow WeGoTalk for more fascinating discoveries!

Source: NASA – Venus Facts

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