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Venus spins backwards
Venus spins backwards
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Venus spins in the opposite direction to the rest of the planets in our Solar System.

Clearly, this is a puzzle that requires solving if we are to understand more about the formation and evolution of our Solar System.

Could it be that, in the early days of the Solar System, Venus was hit by another object, sending it spinning in the opposite direction?

The truth is, there is no confirmed theory as to why Venus spins backwards relative to the other planets.

But that's not the only strange thing about Venus's orbit.

The planet also rotates slowly, with the Venusian day equivalent to 243 Earth days, and longer than the Venusian year of 225 Earth days.