what planet's day is longer than it's year??
2006-08-16 10:35:14 · 19 answers · asked by danielle c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It has to be an inner planet and it proves to be Venus
Planet Length of day Length of year
Mercury 58.6462 days 87.9693 days
Venus 243.0185 days 224.7007 days
Mars 1.0259 days 1.88 years
Jupiter 0.4135 days 11.86 years
Saturn 0.4494 days 29.45 years
Uranus 0.7183 days 84.07 years
Neptune 0.6713 days 164.88 years
Pluto 6.3872 days 248.09 years
2006-08-16 11:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
As so many others have indicated, the answer is Venus. But what they do not mention is that not only is a day on Venus longer than it's year, but the day is actually backwards. If you were on Venus and could see the sky, the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
This is caused by perturbations from the earth-moon system. We are the reason why Venus rotates backwards.
Every year, Venus zooms by us in it's orbit. The earth and moon's combined gravity gives it a gentle tug as it does so. That tug is not much at any given moment, but over the span of millions of years, it has caused the slowly rotating planet to actually rotate backwards very slowly.
2006-08-16 12:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by sparc77 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venus
2006-08-17 23:15:30 · answer #3 · answered by Michael Darnell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venus
2006-08-16 11:04:48 · answer #4 · answered by April C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venus
2006-08-16 10:43:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venus
2006-08-16 10:40:47 · answer #6 · answered by SSS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury
2006-08-16 10:40:13 · answer #7 · answered by p_rutherford2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury
2006-08-16 10:40:12 · answer #8 · answered by JeSuSrOcKz! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury
2006-08-16 10:40:11 · answer #9 · answered by Carol R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is Venus. I found the information at www34.brinkster.com/w3network/plvenus.asp Good luck!
2006-08-16 10:46:24 · answer #10 · answered by Stevie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋