SourGumGum@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL: A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venusmessage-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1269arrow-down1message-squareTIL: A day on Venus is longer than a year on VenusSourGumGum@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
Due to it’s slow rotation it actually completes a full rotation of the sun before it itself fully rotates.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago rotates the opposite direction By this, you mean its rotation around its own axis?
minus-squareJPSound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoVenus sure as shit wont rotate around anyone else’s axis. Venus dgaf.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago😂 joking aside, was referring to its solar orbit 😁
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYeah, most planets have the same rotation direction as orbital direction (counter-clockwise rotation, counter-clockwise orbit) but Venus rotates clockwise.
By this, you mean its rotation around its own axis?
Venus sure as shit wont rotate around anyone else’s axis. Venus dgaf.
😂 joking aside, was referring to its solar orbit 😁
Yeah, most planets have the same rotation direction as orbital direction (counter-clockwise rotation, counter-clockwise orbit) but Venus rotates clockwise.