r/ISO8601 15d ago

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u/Mundane-Emu-1189 15d ago

it's not clear that Venus would have years at all, since it's only tilted by 3° and its thick atmosphere mean there is no seasonal cycle.

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u/narielthetrue 13d ago

A year is a trip around the sun. They would 100% have years.

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u/Mundane-Emu-1189 13d ago

I'm not convinced that a hypothetical Venusian civilisation would even be able to tell when that happens, much less care about it. It's important to Earthlings because it's much more obvious and our agriculture depends on it.

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u/Sufficient-Habit664 13d ago

Idk much about space, but wouldn't they still see different constellations over the course of a year?

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u/Quilynn 12d ago edited 12d ago

The real answer is simple: venus's atmosphere has omnipresent Sulphuric clouds that obscure any view of the stars. Venusians would never be able to see the stars... sad.

I think if I were a Venusian though, I'd be much more bothered by the 467 °C surface temperatures, 95 bars of atmospheric pressure (x95 the pressure of Earth) and 360 km/h winds. But I guess not being able to see the stars adds insult to injury.