Why One Day on Venus is Longer Than Its Year 🤯 | AstroScience | Q&A | GK | #Shorts

Añadido: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Have you ever felt like your Mondays last forever? Try moving to Venus.

[00:00:05]When we talk about a day on Venus, there are two different ways to measure it.

[00:00:10]First is a sidereal day, which is how long the planet takes to complete one single rotation on its axis.

[00:00:17]Venus spins incredibly slowly and in reverse compared to Earth, taking a massive 243 Earth days just to turn once.

[00:00:26]That means a single Venusian spin takes longer than its entire 225 day year.

[00:00:34]However, because Venus is orbiting the Sun at the same time it is spinning backward, a solar day, the time it takes for the Sun to rise, set, and return to the same spot in the sky, is shorter. One solar day on Venus lasts about 116 to 117 Earth days. So, depending on how you count, one day on Venus is either 117 or 243 Earth days.

[00:00:59]Either way, it is a very long wait for tomorrow.