Let& #39;s clear this up! In 1 Venusian year there are 1.92 Venus Solar days – a Solar day is the time taken to rotate relative to Sun (it& #39;s the common meaning of "day"). A day on Venus is only longer than its year for a Venus Sidereal day – time taken to rotate relative to the stars:
It& #39;s on youtube, 1080p at 60 frames per second: https://youtu.be/AEE-Nvk_i3Y
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For Earth there& #39;s a much shorter day and longer year, so the sidereal versus solar day is only 4 minutes different https://twitter.com/physicsJ/status/1223929563668893698">https://twitter.com/physicsJ/...
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