Venus takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it’s so close to the Sun, a year goes by fast. It takes 225 Earth days for Venus to go all the way around the Sun. That means that a day on Venus is a little longer than a year on Venus. It was already known that Venus has the longest day. The time the planet takes for a single rotation on its axis, of any planet in our solar system, though there were discrepancies among previous estimates.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is Earth’s closest planetary neighbor. It’s one of the four inner, terrestrial (or rocky) planets. It’s often called Earth’s twin because it’s similar in size and density. These are not identical twins, however – there are radical differences between the two worlds.
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Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. As the brightest natural object in Earth‘s night sky after the Moon, Venus can cast shadows and can be visible to the naked eye in broad daylight. Venus’s orbit is smaller than that of Earth, but its maximal elongation is 47°; thus, at latitudes with a day-night cycle, it is most readily visible for up to a few hours following the start of sunset or before sunrise. At times, it has been seen in a completely dark sky.
