Re: Venus?

["John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>]

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.