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A Day on Venus Is Longer Than Its Year

Venus rotates so slowly on its axis that one Venusian day (243 Earth days) is longer than its year (225 Earth days).

About this fact

Venus has a very slow, retrograde (backward) rotation. It takes longer for Venus to complete one rotation than it does to orbit the Sun. This means if you could stand on Venus, the time between one sunrise and the next would be about 117 Earth days, even though its 'sidereal' day is 243 Earth days. Its thick atmosphere also creates a runaway greenhouse effect, making it the hottest planet.