Venus takes about 243 Earth days to turn once on its axis. It takes about 225 Earth days to circle the Sun. On those figures a single rotation outlasts a whole Venusian year, which is the basis for the popular line that a day on Venus is longer than a year. The figures are right. [...] The post Venus spins so slowly that one rotation takes longer than its entire year. A Venusian day is about 243 Earth days, while a Venusian year lasts about 225 — and because the planet rotates backwards compared with Earth and most other planets, the Sun would rise in the west and set in the east. appeared first on Space Daily .
Venus spins so slowly that one rotation takes longer than its entire year. A Venusian day is about 243 Earth days, while a Venusian year lasts about 225 — and because the planet rotates backwards compared with Earth and most other planets, the Sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
