(August 3, 2019 at 1:15 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: The fact that Venus rotates backwards is no problem. Nothing I can think of depends on any planet rotating prograde.
Just looked up Venus and its rotation. I'd say the problem is that it does not rotate fast enough.
Why Venus Spins the Wrong Way
Quote:Our neighboring planet Venus is an oddball in many ways. For starters, it spins in the opposite direction from most other planets, including Earth, so that on Venus the sun rises in the west. Not that it happens often: a day there lasts a little more than 243 Earth-days, actually making it longer than a Venusian year, which is only about 224 Earth-days long.
