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A Venus day is actually longer than a Venus year.
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Don't think so. Let me checkOne day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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The reason why we call it a "day" is because that's the time between one sunrise and the next sunrise. Which is also one complete rotation of the earth.Originally posted by reds4ever
Thanx, Provost, i think iv'e got it! but don't you think it's a coincidence that the time it takes the earth to revolve is so near a day? thats not the case for the other planets?Poor silly humans. A temporarily stable pattern of matter and energy stumbles upon self-cognizance for a moment, and suddenly it thinks the whole universe was created for its benefit. -- mbelleroffComment
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sorry Krazy, i was joking, i know Mercury's day is longer than it's year and Venus' day is nearly a year long etc.Comment
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Venus stats
Time to rotate: 243 Earth days
Orbit: 225 Earth days
Mercury stats
Time to rotate: 58.6 Earth days
Time to orbit around the sun: 88 Earth daysOne day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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jeez, what have i done???
I WAS ONLY JOKING!!!
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March of the pedantsOriginally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Venus stats
Time to rotate: 243 Earth days
Orbit: 225 Earth days
Mercury stats
Time to rotate: 58.6 Earth days
Time to orbit around the sun: 88 Earth days
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It was a response to KH, not a pedantic comment on your guesstimate.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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theres some shocking rounding errors creeping in though!!!Originally posted by Provost Harrison
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58.6 days for Mercury instead of 58.646 may be acceptable for some people, but 225 days instead of 224.7 for Venus is disgracefull!!!
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They're both good to 3 sig figs, so everything's kosher.
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apart from pigsConcrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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and shellfish.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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here's a serious one then Prov, Krazy,
in a classical newtonian telescope, can you see the secondary mirror, when you look through the eyepiece? if not, why not? the light passes it?
PS surely 225 days for Venus isn't good to 3 D.P.?Comment
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and hoopoes (Upupa epops)
Why do I know the latin name for the hoopoe?
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