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Venus spins slower than it orbits.

Venus takes about 243 Earth days to spin once, and 225 to go around the Sun.

An ochre globe of Venus based on radar mapping
Radar-based view of Venus · NASA/JPL-Caltech

If you measured a day by one turn against the background stars, a day on Venus would be longer than its year. It takes about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation and about 225 to complete one orbit.

Venus also rotates in the opposite direction from Earth. Taken together with its movement around the Sun, that means the time from one sunrise to the next on Venus is about 117 Earth days.

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