Gabriela Handal
nationalpost: Venus’ day — the equivalent of 243 on Earth — gets longer. Is friction putting the brakes on the planet’s rotation?Contrary to its alluring name, Venus is the planet from hell, with an atmosphere so hot, toxic and heavy that any visitor would risk being simultaneously melted, suffocated and crushed. But not just that: the second planet from the Sun turns on its axis so slowly that, for any survivor, a Venusian day would seem interminable, for it is the equivalent of 243 days on Earth. To make things worse, a day on Venus is getting even longer, French astronomers have discovered. (Photo: HO/AFP/Getty Image)

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Venus’ day — the equivalent of 243 on Earth — gets longer. Is friction putting the brakes on the planet’s rotation?
Contrary to its alluring name, Venus is the planet from hell, with an atmosphere so hot, toxic and heavy that any visitor would risk being simultaneously melted, suffocated and crushed.

But not just that: the second planet from the Sun turns on its axis so slowly that, for any survivor, a Venusian day would seem interminable, for it is the equivalent of 243 days on Earth.

To make things worse, a day on Venus is getting even longer, French astronomers have discovered. (Photo: HO/AFP/Getty Image)

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