Interestingly, Venus's atmosphere rotates much faster than the planet itself, with winds reaching speeds of up to 224 mph in the cloud tops—a phenomenon known as "super-rotation." Peralta ...

If the rotation period is 243.16 days retrograde, the axis of Venus which points toward the Earth at one inferior conjunction will point toward the Earth at all subsequent inferior conjunctions.

[Nathaniel Fairfield] aka [thandal] was curious about the actual rotation and axis tilt of Venus. He decided to spin up at GitHub Python repository to study the issue further, as one does. The scie… ...

Finding Venus-proof materials. The atomic oxygen can oxidize metals, but it’s even worse for polymers. ... From the fast rotation of parts of the atmosphere to the effects of solar activity, ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

Venus is the only oddball that pirouettes clockwise. Scientists discovered Venus’ retrograde rotation after pelting the planet with ground-based, cloud-penetrating radar waves in the 1960s.

Most missions have observed Venus from afar, as the planet's climate is hot enough to melt lead. Take a look at some of the best images ever captured of the "evil twin" planet.

It's because Venus' rotation is so slow that the planet travels all the way around the sun (which takes about 225 Earth-days) before it makes a single full rotation (which takes 243 Earth-days).

Interestingly, Venus's atmosphere rotates much faster than the planet itself, with winds reaching speeds of up to 224 mph in the cloud tops—a phenomenon known as "super-rotation." Peralta ...