Question

Venus is a peculiar planet in our solar system because:

• A. It is the same size as that of earth
• B. A day lasts less than a year
• C. The direction of its rotation is clockwise
• D. It is made of ice

Answer 1

The correct option is C

The direction of its rotation is clockwise

Venus is peculiar in that its rotation is retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus) and because it is very slow; a day on Venus corresponds to 243 Earth days.