A day on Venus is longer than its year. Also shorter. Both.
A single rotation of Venus takes 243 Earth days — longer than its 225-day trip around the Sun. Yet because it spins backwards, sunrise to sunrise works out to only about 117 Earth days, so whether a Venusian day is longer than its year depends entirely on which kind of day you mean.
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- Venus takes 243 Earth days to spin once — but only 225 to circle the Sun.
- Spin backwards, though, and sunrise-to-sunrise works out to about 117 Earth days.
- So the day is longer than the year, or half as long, depending which 'day' you mean.
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