This is because it followsretrograde motion, which is opposite to the direction in which most planets (including Earth) rotate. Many astronomers reckon that having such an extremely slow rotation, coupled withretrograde motion, makes it challenging for any moon to have a stable orbit around Venus....
Venus rotates clockwise (called “retrograde” rotation). It also rotates very slowly, taking 243.025Earth days to complete a single rotation. This is not only the slowest rotation period of any planet, it also means that a single day on Venus lasts longer than a Venusian...
This is also true of the majority of the planets in the Solar System. Venus is one exception, which rotates backwards compared to its orbit around the Sun (a phenomena known as retrograde motion). Uranus is another, which not only rotates westward, but is inclined so much that it appears ...
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