Venus is totally the planet that marches to the beat of its own drum. So one Venus day is like 243 Earth days? That's longer than an Earth year too, insane. And with that crazy greenhouse effect... no way we're colonizing Venus anytime soon, lol.

Interesting point to note - this extreme axial rotation period contributes to Venus having such a harsh environment, apart from its thick CO2 atmosphere. The slow rotation means temperature variations are extreme, disrupting atmospheric circulation and leading to complex weather patterns.

pfft, give it a few more centuries, Venus will be tired of spinning and might just stop altogether, then we’ll have an epic star-wars-like 'dark side'.

Venus's slow rotation is likely due to a phenomenon known as 'tidal locking,' a gravitational interaction with the sun. The theory suggests Venus might have rotated much faster in the distant past, but over millions of years, the sun's pull slowed it down. It’s absolutely fascinating!

Whoa, if I lived on Venus I'd only have to go to work like once a year. 😆 Hang on... I wouldn't even have any weekends off. Never mind, Earth is cool.

Accuracy check! It's not 'actually longer,' it's significantly longer, which is surprising given our Earth-centric view of a day being a blip compared to a year. Venus truly is the oddball of our solar neighborhood.

Yeah, Venus is the queen of weird celestial mechanics. Fun fact: it also rotates backwards compared to most other planets in our solar system - a retrograde rotation! Imagine the sunrise in the west and set in the east there.

Mind-blowing! Just goes to show how diverse planets can be. Makes you think if Venus had any moons, they’d have such a weird experience of 'days' and 'years' from their perspective!