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The Bizarre Reason Venus Takes Longer to Rotate Than to Orbit the Sun

Venus’s day is longer than its year

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The Bizarre Reason Venus Takes Longer to Rotate Than to Orbit the Sun

Venus has one of the strangest rotations in the solar system. A single rotation takes about 243 Earth days, while Venus completes one trip around the Sun in roughly 225 Earth days. That means a Venusian day is actually longer than its year, creating one of the planet's most unusual features.
 

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