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Venus Runs Backwards!

  • July 1, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

On Venus, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east — the opposite of Earth. That’s because Venus spins in the opposite direction that Earth does. Venus also rotates very slowly, so one Venus day lasts about eight Earth months.

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