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Yes. The reason for this is that all planets rotate, and if they rotate, then they must rotate about some axis. The cause of planetary rotation is a bit more complex. The origins of any planet begin in a nebula. Initially, the nebula is very large and has a very, very small amount of angular momentum (spin). As gravity begins to shrink the nebula, it spins faster and faster for the same reason a figure skater spins faster when he/she brings his/her arms closer. After the nebula flattens and forms and accretion disk and a star, the rest of the gas and dust clump together to form planets which still retain the original nebula's angular momentum, which causes them to spin. Since the nebula must have angular momentum in order for planets to form, all planets have angular momentum, and all planets rotate. If all planets rotate, then all of them must have an axis.

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