2 verifications about Venus Venus ×
“Venus is the only planet in the Solar System that rotates clockwise (i.e., has retrograde rotation).”
Venus is not unique in this respect. Standard references from NASA and ESA state that both Venus and Uranus have retrograde rotation, so the claim’s use of “only” is incorrect. Any attempt to exclude Uranus depends on a nonstandard distinction about axial tilt rather than the ordinary scientific classification.
“A single day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.”
This claim is accurate under the standard definition used by NASA and other major space agencies: Venus's sidereal day (one full axial rotation) takes ~243 Earth days, while its orbital year takes only ~224.7 Earth days. However, the claim omits an important nuance: Venus's solar day (sunrise to sunrise) is only ~116.75 Earth days — shorter than its year — due to Venus's retrograde rotation. The unqualified word "day" creates ambiguity, but the dominant scientific framing supports the claim.