The planet Venus remains one of the most mysterious in our solar system, especially since we are now talking about a discovery that did not seem possible, but which shows us how much we still did not know. Analyzing the planet Venus more carefully, scientists managed to discover something that reveals a very big secret of the cosmic body, the researchers being able to calculate for the first time how long a day is on such a distant planet.
It was very difficult for the planet Venus to calculate the duration of a day due to the fact that the way it rotates around its axis does not allow a very accurate calculation of the duration needed to determine the time of a day. According to scientists, a day on the planet Venus lasts 243 days on Earth, that is, more than half a year, which comes as a huge surprise to those who have tried for so long to calculate what is happening there.
Planet Venus: The Astounding Discovery of a Major Secret
The planet Venus had this calculation made with the help of very powerful radars that illuminated its surface, scientists needing a decade to be able to make this calculation. The problem is with the rotation that the planet Venus has, and because of it it seems that the length of a day varies by up to 20 minutes, which may seem a little, but considering the total length of a day there, it is still for a much longer period on Earth.
"Venus is our sister planet and yet these fundamental properties have remained unknown. We use Venus as a giant disco ball. We illuminate it with an extremely powerful flashlight – about 100.000 times brighter than your typical flashlight. And if we watch the reflections from the disco ball, we can infer properties about spin."
The planet Venus would have a variation in its rotation due to the very dense atmosphere, this being a determining factor in the way any planet rotates around its axis. In the case of the Earth, we do not often talk about a problem similar to that on the planet Venus, because the atmosphere of our planet is less dense, so the same forces are not exerted on it, otherwise we could have had new days that had a much longer duration than the one now.
The planet Venus will be monitored very carefully by scientists, but it is very clear that it will take a long time to discover all the secrets of the planet.
