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No, Venus cannot orbit the Earth in the sense of being a natural satellite. The Earth and Venus are both planets that orbit the Sun, and they follow their own individual orbits around the Sun.

However, it is theoretically possible for Venus to have a temporary or unstable "orbit" around the Earth if specific conditions were met. For example, if Venus were to experience a gravitational encounter with Earth, it could be influenced by Earth's gravity and enter a temporary orbit around it. But such a scenario would be highly unlikely and unsustainable over long periods due to the gravitational interactions with other celestial bodies.

In our solar system, planets typically orbit the Sun, not each other, and they follow their own distinct paths around the Sun based on their initial velocities and gravitational interactions.

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