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Strange Universe With Bob Berman

Strange Universe 5/2/21

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Berman
Published May 4, 2021 at 2:06 PM EDT
Venus

Berman shares with us some of astronomy's weirdest facts. For example, that the slowest-spinning object in the known universe is the nearest planet, Venus. A person could walk faster than it rotates.
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