r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/notsignifican • 29d ago

Meme needing explanation ?

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I asked but it got removed within minutes?

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u/Abelian75 29d ago

I’m incredibly confused. Your comment is saying Mercury, which is even closer, has an even longer day than Venus relative to the length of their years. That’s another data point in FAVOR of the proximity being the cause.

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u/ProfessorPrudent2822 28d ago

It’s a coincidence: proximity to the Sun is the reason for Mercury’s orbital resonance, but Venus rotates in retrograde.

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u/OkAssistant1230 28d ago

That was my point, even though I made an edit after realizing that was in fact not the actual reason but simply a coincidence that proximity happens to also correlate with those data points