The speed at which a planet rotates (spins) determines its "sidereal day", and the period of its orbit around the Sun determines its "year".
The "solar day" is determined by a combination of the spin time and the year.
The rotation of Venus is extremely slow, and it spins "backwards", from east to west (clockwise as seen from from above the Earth's north pole). The time Venus takes to complete a rotation (243 Earth days) is longer than the time it takes to orbit the Sun (225 Earth days). So a "sidereal day" is longer than its year.
However, the "solar day" is about 116.75 Earth days long. So, in that case, the year is about twice the day length. The solar day is shorter than the sidereal day because Venus rotates "backwards". Astronomers call this "retrograde rotation".
On Venus, the Sun (if it were visible) would rise in the west and set in the east. The combination of its rotation and revolution produces an apparent solar day (roughly sunrise to sunrise) of about 116.75 Earth days.
Venus is the only planet, apart from Uranus, that rotates in the clockwise direction. There are several theories why Venus rotates this way. Most involve a collision with another orbiting body in the distant past.
(Uranus's retrograde rotation is a result of the planet being tipped onto its side. Its axial tilt is 98 degrees, meaning its "north pole" is "below" the plane of the orbit. If its north pole was "above" its orbital plane (like the Earth's), it would be rotating "normally".)
Not strictly true for an apparent day.
Venus takes 243 days to spin on its axis relative to the background stars, while it takes 224.7 days to orbit the sun. So its axial rotation time relative to background stars is longer than the time taken to orbit the sun. Although its spin on its axis is longer that its orbital period, an apparent day (e.g. one sunrise to next sunrise) is 116.75 days, since it spins in the other direction to Earth and most other planets.
Yes and no. Venus rotates very slowly and in a "retrograde" direction. The effect is to make the "solar day" on Venus much shorter than the "sidereal day" (the rotation period).
The orbital period for Venus (its "year") is about 225 Earth days.
The sidereal day is about 243 Earth days.
The solar day is about 117 Earth days.
That's why the answer is "yes and no". It depends upon which "day "you mean.
Because the rotation of Venus takes longer than it takes for it to rotate around the sun
Earth, unless you meant days longer than years. In which case, that would be Venus.
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Venus.
There are 243 Earth days for a Venus day - but a Venus year is just under 225 Earth days. Therefore - a day on Venus is longer than a year !
Every planet's year is longer than 365 days except for Mercury and Venus. Earth's year is aproximately 365.25 days, people just combined them for an extra day every 4 years.
Earth, unless you meant days longer than years. In which case, that would be Venus.
venus!
One interesting fact about Venus is that a day on Venus is actually longer than a year on Venus. A Venusian day lasts 243 days, and a year is 224 days. That means that the day on Venus is 19 days longer than the year.
No planet in our solar system has days longer than one Earth year. Venus has the longest day -- it's 243 Earth days.
All planet's years are longer than their days except for Venus.You probably meant to ask which planet's day is longer than its year, and the answer is Venus.
A day on Mars is less than an hour longer. Venus and Mercury have far longer days.
Venus.
There are 243 Earth days for a Venus day - but a Venus year is just under 225 Earth days. Therefore - a day on Venus is longer than a year !
Venus has a rotation (spin) time of 243 Earth days, and a revolution (orbit) time of 224.7 Earth days, making it the planet with longer days than years.
Every planet's year is longer than 365 days except for Mercury and Venus. Earth's year is aproximately 365.25 days, people just combined them for an extra day every 4 years.
venus takes 243 earth days to complete one day. its days are actually longer than its years at it takes 225 earth days to orbit the sun.
Venus' day is long because it rotates slowly on its axis. One day on Venus is 243 days, which is longer than one year on Venus, which is 225 days.