Asked in Planet Earth
Planet Earth
How does the earth spin?
Answer

Wiki User
October 21, 2014 10:21PM
Answer to the question that I think you're getting at is: The Earth keeps spinning because there's nothing around to make it stop.
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I checked the NASA website. I couldn't find the question on there,
but here it is anyway.
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/uranus_worldbook.html
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NO, Uranus spins faster than earth. It seems, the spin speed of
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