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Gary Karshner wrote:
> If memory serves one of the curiosities of Venus rotation
>and revolution is that the same side of the planet faces the Earth
> each time it passes us.
Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:
>> *** But the the same side of Venus always faces the SUN
>> as it rotates and revolves about the SUN. It's the SUN
>> and not the EARTH as you have apparenty erred above.
Please, no more "if memory serves" stuff.
I call those "memorrhoids".
To relieve the itching and burning sensation,
apply some facts:
http://www.the-solar-system.net/planet-venus/venus-fact-sheet.html
All three are quite different:
-- Venus year
-- Venus day
-- synodic period.