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more work needs to be done to know for sure. But Venus' atmosphere is 90 times denser than Earth's, so perhaps friction between the planet and its atmosphere is slowing down Venus' rotational velocity.
• The reflective cloud cover surrounding Venus makes this world outwardly bright and beautiful, yet inwardly dark and mysterious. Tomorrow, before sunrise, look for this bathing beauty of a planet to be basking in sunshine, and shining quite close to the waning crescent moon.
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