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How old is a 5-year-old on Venus?

About 8.13 Venus years old

On Earth we count years by Earth's orbit (365 days).Venus takes 224.701 Earth days per orbit, so someone who has lived 5 Earth years has completed fewer full orbits — hence a different "age."

Venus rotates backwards! The sun rises in the west, and one "morning" lasts two entire Earth months.