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A day on Venus last longer than a year

it takes 243 Earth days to rotate once on it’s axis. The planet’s orbit around
the Sun takes 225 Earth days, compared to the Earth’s 365. A day on the
surface of Venus (solar day) takes 117 Earth days.

Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most other


planets
This means that Venus is rotating in the opposite direction to the Sun, this
is also know as a retrograde rotation. A possible reason might be collision
in the past with an asteroid or othr object that caused the planet to alter its
rotational path. It also differs from most other planets in our solar system by
having no natural satelites.

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