Venus's Thick, Soupy Atmosphere Stops It Tidally Locking To The Sun - IFLScience

Venus is unique among the Sun’s planets in having a day longer than its year – that is it turns so slowly it takes longer to rotate on its axis than it doe

Venus is unique among the Suns planets in having a day longer than its year that is it turns so slowly it takes longer to rotate on its axis than it does to orbit the Sun. This strange behavior is pr… [+3141 chars]

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