answersLogoWhite

0

What caused planets to rotate?

User Avatar

Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 1/30/2023

Planets (and stars) were formed out of dust and gas. That had a rotation to it which does not go away (this is known as the Conservation of Angular Momentum).

User Avatar

Guido Larkin

Lvl 13
2y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Why do the planets roate?

They rotate do to the gravitational pull of the sun... The rotate themselves due to their inner core rotating which is also caused by gravity


Do the planets rotate around the sun?

Yes, all of the planets rotate around the sun, in the same direction but at different speeds and time periods. well planets rotate on their own axis, the correct term would be revolve. The planets revolve around the sun


Do all planets except earth rotate?

All planets rotate. Even earth.


Which planets rotate on an axis?

All of the planets in the Universe rotate on an axis. They all do.


What does Uranus's tipped axis caused?

It causes Uranus to rotate on it's side ( in respect to the other planets in the solar system)


Do all planets revolve and rotate?

Yes, all the planets in our solar system revolve and rotate.


What planets don't rotate?

All of the planets in the solar system rotate, but two are very slow. They are Mercury and Venus.


Does Saturn rotate on its axis?

Yes. All planets rotate about an axis.


Which planets rotate from east to west?

Viewing from their north poles all planets rotates from west to eat (clockwise). Except the planets Venus and Uranus. The rotational acceleration(speed) varies from planets to planet


What planets go round the stars?

All 8 planets in our solar system rotate around a star, our sun. Virtually all planets rotate around a star.


What does the earth do to other planets?

rotate


What planets rotate?

All planets in the solar system rotate, but not all in the same direction, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune all rotate in one direction, while Venus, Uranus, and the dwarf planet Pluto rotate in the opposite direction.