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Which planet has the longest days?

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Venus or Mercury, depending in the type of "day" that you mean.

A "day" on Venus is -243.0185 Earth days long. The "minus" means it rotates in a direction opposite the Earth and all the other planets (except Uranus).

This "day " is the rotation period, called the "sidereal day".

However there's also the "solar day". That's roughly "sunrise to sunrise".

The solar day depends on a planet's orbital motion, as well as its rotation.

Venus has a solar day of about 116.5 Earth days.

For the solar day it's Mercury that has the longest day, because of

the direction of rotation of Venus. Mercury has a solar day of about 176 Earth days.

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Venus, where a day is equal to 243 Earth days.

A year on Venus is equal to 225 Earth days, so its day is longer than its year.

That's the "sidereal day". If you use the "solar day" as the definition of "day"

the answer is different. Then it's Mercury that has the longest day.

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Mercury. Mercury takes 88 Earth days to go around the Sun, so its year is 88 Earth days. It spins very slowly on its axis though, once every 58.6 Earth days relative to background stars. A solar (apparent) day on Mercury takes 176 Earth days, because of this slow spin relative to the time taken to orbit. The spin of Venus relative to the background stars is slower, taking 243 Earth days to spin once on its axis. But since its spin is retrograde (clockwise as viewed from above the north pole) and in the opposite direction of orbit around the Sun, the solar day is less at 116.75 Earth days.

Another viewpoint: That's right, but the time taken to spin once is also used as

a definition of "day". This is called the "sidereal day". On that definition Venus

has the longest day, as you can see from the above information. So the full answer is Mercury or Venus, depending on the definition of "day".

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