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What planet rotates around the sun on its side instead of spinning like a top?
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∙ 13y ago
That would be Uranus, however Earth has a small tilt as well, causing the seasons.
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What is a planets axis?
A planet's axis is the imaginary line that the planet rotates around, like spinning top.
What is the imaginary line which is spinning such as the planet rotates?
Orbit
What fourth grade sentence can you make out of rotation?
The moon rotates around our planet Earth. The rotation of the Earth refers to the spinning of our planet on its axis.
Which planet rotates around the sun on its side instead of spining?
Well they all spin, but Uranus has a tilt to its axis of rotation of about 89° so you might say that at times it appears to be rolling and not spinning.
How do we know that planets rotate?
Simply by looking at the planet itself. If it's spinning, then it rotates.
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.
How do you call it when a moon 1.rotates around itself 2.rotates around its planet and 3.rotates around the Sun at the same time it rotates around the planet?
A moon spinning on its axis is called Rotation. A moon going around its planet is called Orbiting. By Definition, all moons must be orbiting a planet. If the same body were on its own (say, if the Moon were orbiting the Sun without the Earth), it would be defined as a Planet. Thus, Question 3 is the same as Question 2. A planet's trip around the Sun is also called an Orbit. Because our Moon's orbit is so slow compared with our trip around the Sun (only 12 orbits per year), the Moon's path around the Sun would resemble a rounded, 12 sided dodecagon, and over several years would trace a path not unlike a Spirograph design.
What planet rotates in a clockwise direction instead of the counter clockwise direction?
Venus
What a planet rotates on?
It rotates on its axis.
Which planet revolves around the sun than rotates an its axis?
That would be planet Venus.
Does your planet rotate or does the sun rotate around it?
Earth rotates around the sun .
What planet rotates on it's side?
Uranus is the planet that rotates on its side. It takes Uranus 84 Earth years to fully revolve around the Sun.
