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What is difference between prograde rotation and retrograde rotation?
Prograde rotation turns counter clockwise while retrograde rotation turns clockwise. ( As viewed from above the Earth's North Pole.)
What is unusual about the rotation of Venus?
Venus rotates on its axis clockwise which is referred to as retrograde rotation. All the other planets rotate counter-clockwise.
What is unusual about Venus' rotation?
its rotation is opposite of all the other planets.
Is Pluto a retrograde rotation planet?
It is a Dwarf planet that has a retrograde axial spin or rotation. Clockwise from above its north pole.
What type of rotation does Neptune have?
No. The rotation of Neptune is not retrograde. Triton, Neptune largest moon, has a retrograde orbit.
What is difference between prograde rotation and retrograde rotation?
Prograde rotation turns counter clockwise while retrograde rotation turns clockwise. ( As viewed from above the Earth's North Pole.)
What is unusual about the rotation of Venus?
Venus rotates on its axis clockwise which is referred to as retrograde rotation. All the other planets rotate counter-clockwise.
What is unusual about Venus' rotation?
its rotation is opposite of all the other planets.
What planet does not rotate in a counter clock wise direction?
Both Venus and Uranus have retrograde, i.e. clockwise, rotation.
Explain what is meant by Venus retrograde rotation?
Oddly, Venus rotates from east to west, the opposite direction from most other planets and moons. This type of rotation is called retrograde rotation, from the Latin words for "moving backward".
Is Pluto a retrograde rotation planet?
It is a Dwarf planet that has a retrograde axial spin or rotation. Clockwise from above its north pole.
What type of rotation does Neptune have?
No. The rotation of Neptune is not retrograde. Triton, Neptune largest moon, has a retrograde orbit.
What is the definition of a retrograde rotation?
Retrograde means - sort of - backwards. To understand forward and backward, however, we need to understand the point of reference...The planets (and asteroids and comets, etc.) revolve around the Sun. We arbitrarily called the revolution of the Earth around the Sun counter clockwise, meaning that the path is reverse that of a clock face, when you look down on the plane of the ecliptic (the path of the Earth around the Sun) from a position that is in the direction of the north pole star, or Polaris.Using that same perspective, i.e. looking down from celestial north, we observe that most of the planets also rotate about their own axes in a counter clockwise direction. That is why the Sun appears to rise in the East and set in the West.Six of the eight planets, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune, have this "normal" counter clockwise rotation. Each planet's axis is also tilted in varying degrees to the ecliptic, but you can still consider them to be rotating counter clockwise.Two of the planets, however, Venus and Uranus, have what we call retrograde rotation. This means that, when viewed from celestial north, they rotate clockwise, instead of counter clockwise. Their revolution (or orbit) around the Sun is still counter clockwise, but their rotation around their own axes is clockwise. That is retrograde rotation.
When a planet that appears to spin counterclockwise when viewed from its north pole has what kind of rotation?
Any planet, moon or object that rotates in the opposite to us (Well we have to have a common denominator) is said to be in retrograde rotation (or retrograde motion) But most objects in the solar system appear to spin counterclockwise when viewed from above the north pole, so this is normal rotation, not retrograde.
What word means to orbit in the opposite direction to the norm for planets?
The normal orbit of planets and moons is in the same direction as the spin of the parent body. The particular norm in our solar system is counter-clockwise. Planets or moons that orbit in the reverse direction (clockwise) are termed retrograde. Confusingly, the same term (retrograde rotation) is used to mean clockwise spin or rotation.
What is pro-grade rotation?
"Prograde" means "in the normal direction". Everything in THIS solar system rotates counter-clockwise, or CCW. Well, ALMOST everything; there are two planets whose rotation is "retrograde", which means "in the opposite direction". The planet Venus rotates - VERY SLOWLY! - in a "retrograde" or clockwise direction.
How does Venus rotate?
Venus has "retrograde" rotation. That means it spins clockwise, as viewed from above the Earth's north pole. That's opposite the Earth's rotation direction.
