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Akatsuki's trajectory Having missed its opportunity to enter Venus orbit on December 6/7, Akatsuki is now on a solar orbit closer to the Sun than Venus. This diagram holds the Sun-Venus line constant and shows how Akatsuki will creep ahead of Venus over time, finally circling back behind Venus after six years.