That’s 243 Earth days to rotate once – the longest rotation of any planet in the Solar System – and only 224.7 Earth days to complete an orbit of the Sun. A day on Venus is unlike a day on ...

Orbit around the Sun: It takes 225 Earth days for Venus to go around the Sun one time. Rotation: Venus spins on its axis once every 243 Earth days, but it spins in the opposite direction of Earth.

But not Venus! Venus is an oddball. It spins in what is called a retrograde rotation, meaning it rotates in the opposite direction to its orbit. Uranus does the same thing, as well as being tilted ...

Get it while you can, folks. Venus has an elongated orbit that keeps it close to the sun from our perspective on Earth. Brilliant to behold, Venus is one of the few celestial objects visible in ...

What's more, the mission discovered that the planet's rotation is slowing ... aka Planet-C or Venus Climate Orbiter, studies the planet's atmosphere from orbit with an ultraviolet imager.

Such an alignment happens about every 19 months because of how Venus and Earth orbit the sun. The moment of inferior conjunction happens around 9 p.m. EDT. “Some people call that a Venus kiss ...

Venus could make a brief appearance this weekend as it passes between the Earth and the sun. Just be warned: It won't be easy to spot in the sun's glow, according to astronomers. The orbit Venus ...