Due to it’s slow rotation it actually completes a full rotation of the sun before it itself fully rotates.

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    rotates the opposite direction

    By this, you mean its rotation around its own axis?

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, most planets have the same rotation direction as orbital direction (counter-clockwise rotation, counter-clockwise orbit) but Venus rotates clockwise.