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The only planet that spends in the opposite direction from the rest is Venus, but at an incredibly slow rate. It takes something like 248 earth days for it to make one complete rotation (in case it's not clear, our earth makes one complete rotation in 1 earth day).
No-one actually knows why Venus spins in this opposite direction but it is very interesting because it must have been an absolutely catastrophic event for something so drastic to have happened.
Also, amusingly, it was only quite recently that scientists discovered that it rotates retrograde because the thick layer of clouds covering the surface of the planet are rotating in the opposite direction to that of the planet, and thus the same direction as all the other planets, making it look completely normal to anyone without specialist equipment.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 9y agoVenus is the planet in our solar system which spins on its axis "upside down" (retrograde motion, opposite the direction it orbits). An observer on Venus might notice the Sun rise in the west, and set in the east.
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∙ 14y agoThe planet that rotates from north to south is uranus. normal planets rotate from east to west. i hope this helps
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∙ 10y agoAll planets in our solar system rotate from West to East except for Venus and Uranus, which rotate East to West or "retrograde".
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∙ 15y agoUranus and Venus
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What a planet rotates on?
It rotates on its axis.
Is an axis one full orbit of an object around another object?
No, an axis is the line between the north pole and the south pole that the planet rotates about in its daily rotation.
What is the only planet that rotates on its side?
Uranus is the only planet which rotates on its side, with an axial tilt of 97.86 degrees.
What is a planets axis?
A planet's axis is the imaginary line that the planet rotates around, like spinning top.
Which planet rotates on its side?
uranus rotates on it's side
What does a planet rotates on?
A planet rotates on its axis a point which travels through the north and the south of the planet. On earth the axis is found at the north and south pole of the earth.
What is an axis of rotation?
An axis of rotation is the axis around which any body rotates, or the line joining the North Pole and the South Pole about which the planet Earth rotates on a daily basis.
What is axis in planets?
The axis is the imaginary line that a planet rotates about, The earth's axis passes through the North and South poles.
What a planet rotates on?
It rotates on its axis.
Is Venus the only planet that rotates clock wise?
No. Uranus also rotates clockwise as viewed from celestial north
Is an axis one full orbit of an object around another object?
No, an axis is the line between the north pole and the south pole that the planet rotates about in its daily rotation.
Which planet rotates counterclockwise?
Both Venus and Uranus have a retrograde axial spin, they rotate clockwise when viewed from above their north pole. All of the other planets rotate anticlockwise (counter clockwise).
Does Neptune rotate vertically or horizontally?
yes because all planets rotate.stupid people.
Is earth the only planet with a southern hemisphere?
Every planet rotates about an axis, so it has an equator in the plane normal to the line between the poles. Every planet is spherical and therefore it can be divided arbitrarily into two hemispheres. If the division is done by the equator, there is a north hemisphere and a south hemisphere.
Why are there 2 north poles on earth?
The earth rotates on its axis. One end of the axis is called the north pole (where the earth rotates counterclockwise around the pole) and the other end is called the south pole (where it rotates clockwise).
Which planets have an axis besides earth?
Pretty much every planet has an axis, because an axis is what a planet rotates around. Any planet that rotates has an axis, and pretty much every planet known rotates.
What is the planet that rotates faster than any other planet in the solar system?
The planet is Jupiter. It rotates in just 10 hours.
