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The Sun and planets were all most likely formed from a single gas cloud several billion years ago. The center of this region became compressed under gravity, while the planets formed from areas of higher density which could attract more matter. Everything in the solar system maintained the initial spin of that cloud, and so all the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction.
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What planets do not orbit around the sun in the same direction?
So far, all the planets discovered orbiting THIS star orbit in the same direction; counter-clockwise as seen from high above the north pole. We expect that all planets in a particular solar system are likely to orbit in the same direction.
What fraction of the moons of the planets orbit in the same direction that their planets rotate?
Most moons orbit their planet the same way the planet rotates. One of Neptune's moons is very different. That moon goes in the opposite direction of Neptune's rotation.
All planets complete one in a year?
orbit around the sun
What causes planets to orbit?
Planets are kept in their orbit by the suns gravity, yet their momentum keeps them from falling into the sun. (Thank goodness!) Planets orbit in the direction their star rotates, so in our solar system, all planets orbit in the direction of the star.
Which planets have years longer than one earth year?
All planets with a greater orbit than the Earth.MarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptune
Why do planets orbit in One Direction?
The suns gravitational pull forces them to move in one direction
Why do evolutionists believe all of the planets orbit in one direction?
That is a leading question based on a false premise. The people who study planets are astronomers not evolutionists.
What planets do not orbit around the sun in the same direction?
So far, all the planets discovered orbiting THIS star orbit in the same direction; counter-clockwise as seen from high above the north pole. We expect that all planets in a particular solar system are likely to orbit in the same direction.
What fraction of the moons of the planets orbit in the same direction that their planets rotate?
Most moons orbit their planet the same way the planet rotates. One of Neptune's moons is very different. That moon goes in the opposite direction of Neptune's rotation.
Do the planets orbit the sun in the same direction?
It has to do with the formation of the solar system. Since all of the matter that condensed into what makes the solar system bodies was spinning in the same direction while coming together, it would have taken a drastic event to cause one of the bodies to orbit in a different direction.
Why do the planets orbit the sun in the same direction?
It has to do with the formation of the solar system. Since all of the matter that condensed into what makes the solar system bodies was spinning in the same direction while coming together, it would have taken a drastic event to cause one of the bodies to orbit in a different direction.
Do all the other planets orbit the sun?
Yes. Earth is one of eight planets in our solar system, all of which are in an orbit around our central star which we call the sun.
Why do all the planets orbit the sun in the same directions?
It has to do with the formation of the solar system. Since all of the matter that condensed into what makes the solar system bodies was spinning in the same direction while coming together, it would have taken a drastic event to cause one of the bodies to orbit in a different direction.
All planets complete one in a year?
orbit around the sun
How does all the planets orbit around one another?
gravitational pull
Triton one of Neptune's moons orbits Neptune in what direction?
The same as all the other major planets : counterclockwise as viewed from the "north" or "top" of the solar system. (This is of course an arbitrary but necessary distinction.)
What causes planets to orbit?
Planets are kept in their orbit by the suns gravity, yet their momentum keeps them from falling into the sun. (Thank goodness!) Planets orbit in the direction their star rotates, so in our solar system, all planets orbit in the direction of the star.
