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Well, I'm having trouble making sense of some the data at that site. Here's what it says about Venus: In reply to:
Rotation period (length of day in Earth days) 0.723
Revolution period (length of year in Earth days) 243.0
Compare that with a NASA site,
http://sseforum.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm?Display=Venus that says
In reply to:
225
Earth days it takes for Venus to orbit the sun. A Venusian year.
243
Number of Earth days it takes for Venus to rotate on its axis. A day on Venus is longer than its year!
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nah, it's just a poor table. the actual figures are:
Rotation period (length of day in Earth days) 243.0
Revolution period (length of year in Earth days) 224.7
the color is the clue to proper alignment.
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Dear ajmmaxq: take another look at the table. It says that Venus' day is 0.723 earth days. Its day is shorter than Earth's.
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that .723 figure is it's distance(in astronomical units) from the sun. the table is askew... 
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Thanks, etaoin, I should have noticed the colour discrepancy.
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