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Venus "sidereal day" is longer than its year.

Mercury's "solar day" is longer than its year.

However, there is no planet in our solar system with a day longer than our year on Earth.

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Can a planets day be longer then its year?

Yes, it is possible for a planet's day to be longer than its year. This situation can occur when a planet rotates very slowly on its axis compared to the time it takes to orbit around its star. Venus is an example of a planet with a longer day (243 Earth days) than its year (225 Earth days).


Why do planets have different numbers of days in their years?

Well, basically different planets take longer to orbit the Sun. For example, Jupiter takes longer to orbit than earth, so Jupiter has a longer year. On Venus, a day lasts longer than a year as it takes longer to spin on its axis that to orbit the sun.


What planets days last longer than its years?

Venus is the only planet in our solar system where a day (rotation on its axis) is longer than a year (orbit around the sun). A day on Venus lasts around 243 Earth days, while a year (orbital period) is approximately 225 Earth days.


How long are venus's days and years?

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.


How can a day be longer than a year?

Venus takes 224.7 Earth days to revolve about the Sun and 243.02 Earth days to rotate about its axis (which it does clockwise, opposite to most of the other planets). This rotation period is a "sidereal day", the time to revolve around the Sun is a Venus "year". Mercury takes 88 Earth days to go around the Sun, so its year is 88 Earth days. It spins slowly, taking 58.6 Earth days. A "solar day" on Mercury takes 176 Earth days because of this slow spin relative to the time taken to orbit. So Venus has a sidereal day longer than its year and Mercury has a solar day longer than its year.

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Do any planets have longer days or years?

No two planets in our solar system have the same length of day or length of year. Compared with Earth, these planets have longer years: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. These have much longer days than Earth: Mercury and Venus. Mars has a day that's slightly longer than Earth's day. Depending on the particular definition of "day" that is used, two planets have a day that's longer than than that planet's year. They are Mercury (solar day) and Venus (sidereal day).


Which planets have more than 1000 days in a year?

Neptune's year is about 164 Earth years long.


Can a planets day be longer than a planets year?

No, a planet's day cannot be longer than its year. A day is defined as the time it takes for a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis, while a year is the time it takes for the planet to complete one orbit around its star. A planet's year is always longer than its day.


Which planets year is one year longer than earths?

Mars, with a orbital period of around 687 days, almost two Earth years (which would be 730 days).


How does a year on earth differ with other planets?

A year on Earth is longer than it is on two other planets, and shorter than it is on the remaining five. The farther a planet is from the sun, the longer its year is.


Can a planets day be longer then its year?

Yes, it is possible for a planet's day to be longer than its year. This situation can occur when a planet rotates very slowly on its axis compared to the time it takes to orbit around its star. Venus is an example of a planet with a longer day (243 Earth days) than its year (225 Earth days).


Can a day be longer than its year?

yes when its on other planets ,it can be.


What is longer days or a year?

1 year is longer than 1 day


Why do planets have different numbers of days in their years?

Well, basically different planets take longer to orbit the Sun. For example, Jupiter takes longer to orbit than earth, so Jupiter has a longer year. On Venus, a day lasts longer than a year as it takes longer to spin on its axis that to orbit the sun.


What planets days last longer than its years?

Venus is the only planet in our solar system where a day (rotation on its axis) is longer than a year (orbit around the sun). A day on Venus lasts around 243 Earth days, while a year (orbital period) is approximately 225 Earth days.


What takes longer one year in venus or mercuty?

If you define a "year" for a planet as the length of time for it to make one revolution around the sun (the sidereal period) the "years" for the two planets are: Mercury 0.241 earth year (88.0 days) Venus 0.615 earth year (225 days) ... so Venus has a longer "year" than Mercury.


Does the earth have a longer year than other planets?

No the earth has the shortest axis.