Why Venus Rotates, Slowly, Despite Sun’s Powerful Gravitational Pull - SciTechDaily

The planet’s atmosphere explains the gravity of the situation. Venus, Earth’s sister planet would likely not rotate, if not for its soupy, fast-moving atmosphere. Instead, Venus would be fixed in place, always facing the sun the way the same side of the moon …

ByUniversity of California - RiversideApril 25, 2022 A sequence of images from Solar Dynamic Observatory in 171 angstroms of the Venus transit, merged together to show the path of Venus across the s… [+2201 chars]

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