In comparison, Venus completes one rotation in 243 Earth days, making the wall's movement way faster. "It has been observed on Venus since the very first nightside observations in the K-band ...

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The pressure under this heavy atmosphere creates friction with Venus' rocky surface and has likely slowed the planet's rotation over billions of years, Pepper said. A 2020 study published in the ...

Schematic illustration on how the super-rotation of Venus' atmosphere is maintained. In the cloud layer of Venus, a vertical and north-south circulation, called the meridional circulation ...