Summary
Venus rotates on its axis in 243 Earth days but orbits the Sun in 225 days.
Venus rotates on its axis in 243 Earth days but orbits the Sun in 225 days. A day is longer than a year!
It also rotates backwards - the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Probably due to a giant asteroid impact billions of years ago.
Surface temperature is 465°C, pressure is 90 times Earth"s. Lead would melt.
Source: NASA Planetary Science
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