Venus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in th...
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Every planet in our solar system except for Venus and Uranus rotates counter-clockwise as seen from above the North Pole; that is to say, from west to east. ... Venus rotates backwards compared to the other planets, also likely due to an early asteroid hit which disturbed its original rotation.
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The rotation period of Venus cannot be decided through telescopic observations of its surface markings because its featureless thick atmosphere makes this impossible. ... If you were to look down at the plane of the solar system from its 'north pole' you would see the planets orbiting the Sun counter clockwise,
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An Explanation for Planets Having the Same Direction of Rotation as Their Direction of Revolution ... Venus and possibly Uranus are the exceptions to the counterclockwise rotations of the planets. Venus travels around the sun once every 225 Earth days but it rotates clockwise once every 243 days.
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1.22. Life on Planets ... 1.23. Visiting Other Planets ... 1.24. Retrograde Motion of the Planets ... 1.25. Round Planets ... 1.26. Symbols of Planets ... 1.27. The Rotation Periods of Planets ... 1.28. Rotation Direction of the Planets ... ... [263] Do the planets rotate clockwise or counterclockwise around their axis?
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I am assuming this refers to the "rotation" of the planets around the Sun rather than their (intrinsic) spin. Retrograde motion is something different, it is the apparent anti-rotation at certain times due to the Earth's motion.
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However, the rotation of the planets and the Sun will relate to the initial angular momentum of the nebular from which the solar system formed. The original intrinsic angular momentum of Venus was lost due ... Doesn't it depend on how you are looking? Take a can of soup. Look at one end and turn it counter clockwise.
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The above diagrams show the relative sizes of the orbits of the eight planets (plus Pluto) from a perspective somewhat above the ecliptic (hence their non-circular appearance). They all orbit in the same direction (counter-clockwise looking down from above the Sun's north pole);
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accretion Accumulation of dust and gas into larger bodies such as stars, planets and moons. ... retrograde rotation or orbital motion in a clockwise direction when viewed from above the north pole of the primary (i.e. in the opposite sense to most satellites); the opposite of direct. The north pole is the one on the same...
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