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No major planet orbits in the opposite direction of the rest of the solar system. All 8 planets orbit (revolve) counter-clockwise as seen from the arbitrary "north" or above the solar ecliptic.
Although the phenomenon is observed on a smaller scale with some moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, this would require too great a change in momentum for a large planet. The planets orbit in the same direction as the spin of the Sun, as would be expected if they all formed (as is now theorized)from a disc of material orbiting the protostellar Sun.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoNone of the planets in our solar system have an opposite orbital path; viewed from high above the north pole, all of the planets orbit in a counter-clockwise direction.
The planetary spin is normally counter-clockwise as well, but one of the planets rotates the opposite direction and one is tipped sideways. The rotation of Venus is "retrograde", or "in the opposite direction" - and very slow. One "day" on Venus is actually longer than one YEAR on Venus; the year is 224 days, while the "day" is 243 days long!
Uranus is tilted sideways, with the rotational axis almost parallel to the plane of its orbit.
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∙ 12y agoIt is a very strange and funny fact. The planet that has it's moon going in the opposite direction to it's gravitational orbit is Neptune. The moon that orbits it backwards is called Triton.
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∙ 11y agovenus and uranus possibly the only two planets which revolve in the opposite direction.
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∙ 15y agoAll the planets have a tilted orbit (also known as orbital inclination) in relation to Earth.
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∙ 11y agoVenus rotates from east to west, not west to east.
(Uranus is similar, but with an extreme axial tilt.)
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∙ 6y agoIt is Venus.
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Does the earth and other planets revolve around the sun?
yes, the earth and other planets revolve around the sun
Is the direction of rotation of Venus opposite to the direction of all other planets?
The rotational direction of Venus and Uranus is opposite to the direction of the rest of the planets.
True of planetary movement in your solar system?
The Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.
What three planets orbit the sun in a different way than all the other planets?
In fact, Venus, Uranus, and the "dwarf planet" Pluto orbit the Sun in the same direction as all the other planets. So all the planets orbit in the same way.However they rotate in the opposite direction to the other planets.
What celestial body revolves around a planet?
A moon. Of course planets may have different numbers of moons - Mercury and Venus have no moons, the Earth has one, Mars has two, Jupiter has more than 60, etc.
Does the earth and other planets revolve around the sun?
yes, the earth and other planets revolve around the sun
What two planets revolve around the sun other than Pluto?
All planets revolve around the Sun.
Why do planets in your solar system revolve around the sun and not other planets?
the sun's gravity
Do moons revolve around other planets?
Yes. A moon (or natural satellite) do revolve around other planets besides Earth. The only two planets without moons revolving around them are Mercury and Venus.
What effect does the sun have on earth and the other planets?
The sun heats up the planets and forces them to revolve around it.
Why sun can not revolve around the planets?
The sun cannot revolve around the planets because it is at the centre of the solar system. Thus, it is like the central body around which all other bodies revolve.
Polaris revolve around which planet?
Polaris is a star, and it doesn't revolve around any planets. It is possible that other planets revolve around Polaris, but so far I'm not aware that anyone has looked.
How many planets in your solar system revolve around the sun?
In our solar system, eight known planets revolve or orbit around the Sun (as do a lot of other objects, dwarf or minor planets, asteroids, comets, and so forth).
How many planets revolve around our sun?
Eight, as Pluto and Ceres are now classified as dwarf planets. The other eight planets are (in order of distance from the Sun):MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptune
Which feature distinguishes Uranus from other planets?
It rotates in opposite (retrograde) direction from other planets
Why do planets revolve around d sun in a particular orbit?
The planets revolve attracted by the gravitational force of primarily the sun and to a lesser degree the gravitational attraction of other planets. The reason for the orbit is thought to relate to the rotation of the primeval gas could which gave berth to the sun and the planets.
Planets revolve around the sun?
according to newton's law of gravitation every object in the nature attract other due to its gravitational pull so planets revolve around sun.
