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Venus takes longer to rotate once than to orbit the Sun.
Venus rotates once in about 243 Earth days, while one Venusian orbit takes about 225 Earth days. A sunrise-to-sunset cycle on Venus lasts about 117 Earth days.
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Space#010
Saturn’s rings are made of countless pieces of ice and rock.
NASA says Saturn’s rings contain billions of small chunks of ice and rock, ranging from dust-sized grains to pieces as large as a house, with a few as large as mountains.
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Space#009
Saturn had 274 confirmed moons as of March 2025.
NASA’s Saturn facts page states that, as of March 2025, Saturn had 274 confirmed moons in its orbit.
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Space#008
A day on Saturn lasts about 10.7 hours.
NASA gives Saturn a rotation period of about 10.7 hours and an orbital period of about 29.4 Earth years.
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Space#007
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest.
NASA describes Saturn as the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in our solar system.
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Space#003
Venus has a named quasi-satellite but no moon.
NASA says Venus is one of two planets without a moon and identifies Zoozve as its quasi-satellite, an object that orbits the Sun while staying close to Venus.
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Space#002
Venus spins in the opposite direction from Earth.
NASA describes Venus as spinning backward compared with Earth, so the Sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
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Space#001
Venus takes longer to rotate once than to orbit the Sun.
Venus rotates once in about 243 Earth days, while one Venusian orbit takes about 225 Earth days. A sunrise-to-sunset cycle on Venus lasts about 117 Earth days.
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