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A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.

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Venus takes about 243 Earth days to spin once on its axis, but only about 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun. It also spins backwards compared with most planets, so on Venus the Sun would rise in the west.

Source: Venus (Wikipedia)

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