A day on Venus is longer than its year! Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate once, but only 225 days to orbit the sun.
It Spins Backward
Venus also rotates backwards compared to most planets - the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Weird!
A day on Venus is longer than its year! Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate once, but only 225 days to orbit the sun.
Venus also rotates backwards compared to most planets - the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Weird!