Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about the rotation of Venus?
A) Venus rotates in roughly the same time period as Earth
B) Venus rotates in a retrograde way (east to west)
C) the two definitions of a day (how long it takes for a star to return to the same position in the sky and how long it takes the Sun to return to the same position) do not agree on Venus
D) the rotation rate of Venus had to be determined from radar measurements
E) Venus has the longest rotation period of any planet in the solar system
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