What planet in the Solar System has the longest day?

Venus has the longest day of all the planets in our solar system. Even though it's a small planet, Venus rotates, or spins, very slowly compared to the other planets. It actually takes Venus about 5,832 hours to make one complete rotation, which means that one single day on Venus lasts as long as 243 days on Earth.

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, which rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets (meaning the Sun would rise in the west and set in the east). It does not have any natural satellites. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It is the second-brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon.

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David Roy

On Venus, a year is shorter than a day.

silrem

Learned it from previous questions explanations.

Joseph A. Robitaille

I didn't know this, just a guess.

Johnny Rock

Great song too, Venus by ~Shocking Blue~ !

Jaimi McEntire

A Solar day on mercury is 176 earth days. A Solar day on Venus is only 117 earth days. The question is wrong.

Stevie G

Bob Goodall, A day on Uranus is shorter than a day on Earth. It still rotates although it is on a 90 degree angle to the other planets.

Bob Goodall

Depends if you count Uranus in the planets it has a longer day than any other planet, so how fast a planet rotates and how often it experiences days and night aren't the same. Uranus basically has the same face towards the sun all the time as it rotates on its side.