Venus: A Day Longer Than a Year

A day on Venus is actually longer than its year. Venus completes a full orbit around

the sun in just two hundred twenty five Earth days. But here's the kicker. It takes two hundred

forty three Earth days for Venus to rotate once on its axis. That means you'd

experience two complete years before watching one single sunset. This bizarre situation exists because Venus

rotates incredibly slowly and spins backward compared to most other planets. Imagine landing

on Venus at sunrise. You could literally fly around the sun twice before that same sun dips below

the horizon again. The planet is basically moving forward through space faster than it can turn around.