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While all planets including Venus orbit the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as seen from above the ecliptic plane), the planet Venus has lost its original counterclockwise rotation and now spins slowly clockwise, taking longer to make one spin (243 Earth days) than it does to orbit the Sun (225 Earth days).

This was likely due to a large impact early in the solar system, similar to one that knocked Uranus over on its side. Venus was also left with practically no magnetic field.

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