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Within the nine old planets, 3 of them have retrograde rotation: rotate clockwise (westward). They are Venus, Uranus and Pluto.
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune have direct rotation: rotate anti-clockwise (eastward).
All the nine planets revolve around the sun eastward or anti clockwise.
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How many ways do planets move?
they can orbit or rotate around in space
How many days does it take the sun to rotate around the poles?
it cant cause all the other planets moove around it.
How many planets rotate around the sun?
There are eight recognised major planets which orbit The Sun. Starting nearest to the Sun and travelling outwards the planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Do planets rotate?
Depends what exactly you mean by "all planets", and by "the sun". The planets we commonly talk about, rotate about our Sun. At least 200 planets are known that rotate around other stars (i.e., other suns). Planetary sized objects are also known that don't go around any star - but by definition, they are no planets, because the standard definition of a planet includes rotating around a star!In 2006 the general assembly of the international astronomical union (IAU) passed a resolution which defined planets within our solar system as celestial bodies that orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes nearly round shapes, and has "cleared the neighborhood around its orbit". This leaves eight planets in our solar system. Pluto is no longer a planet due to the latter requirement (which is because Pluto is part of the Kuiper Belt which also has many other objects orbiting near it).
What are the planets that live in space?
Planets do not live. They are inorganic material. The planets that exist in our solar system from closest to the sun to the furthest are... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Beyond Neptune there are many planetoids including Pluto (which used to be considered a planet) We have discovered many other planets orbiting other stars, but I don't know all the names that have been given to them.
How many ways do planets move?
they can orbit or rotate around in space
How many days does it take for your planets to rotate?
365 and 1/4
How many planets names are they?
8
How many planets have rings names?
2
How many planets names begin with a m?
mars mercury
What do people notice about many of the Roman names for the Gods and Goddesses?
They are planets
How many days does it take the sun to rotate around the poles?
it cant cause all the other planets moove around it.
How many planets rotate around the sun?
There are eight recognised major planets which orbit The Sun. Starting nearest to the Sun and travelling outwards the planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
How does a planets revolution relate to orbital period?
The planets rotation does not really relate to the orbital period. Some planets like Mercury and Venus and Mars orbit the sun in a short time, but take a long time to rotate on their axis, Earth is the exception, where a collision with the moon many years ago may have caused its days to be a lot shorter than the other rocky planets. Saturn and Jupiter rotate fairly quickly on their axis.
What do Venus and Uranus do that no other planets do?
They spin "upside-down" instead of how the others planets do.
What is a popular question asked about planets?
Lots of questions about planets seem to repeat over and over. What are their names and positions; what's the name of their path in space, which is the hottest and coldest, closest and furthest, what's their size, what's their shape and why, which is the biggest, which have rings, what's their compisition, why do they have the colors they do, how long do they take to rotate and orbit, which spins the fastest, which ones are unusual or rotate strangely, do they glow, do they support life, is Earth the only planet with life, and why; how are they studied, named, identified; how many are there and why isn't Pluto considered a planet.
What are the planets names in Star Wars?
There are way too many to name. To see the planets in lists sorted by alphabetical order, follow the related link and continue from there.
