Direct motion is the motion of planetary body in a direction similar to that of other bodies within its system, and is sometimes called prograde motion. Retrograde motionis motion in the opposite direction.
It's Venus, not Mercury. Mercury spins slowly, but not in a retrograde rotation. Venus spins the opposite way from the other planets, except for one of the outer planets (Uranus).
rotation (as opposed to orbiting, which describes the earth's movements around the sun)
Venus is the only planet in our solar system that spins clockwise on its axis. This is also known as a retrograde rotation.
Venus is the inner planet that spins with a retrograde rotation, meaning it rotates on its axis in the opposite direction to its orbit around the Sun. This phenomena causes the Sun to rise in the west and set in the east on Venus.
The imaginary line around which a planet spins is called its axis. It is an invisible line that runs from the planet's north pole to its south pole and determines the direction of rotation.
Neptune
Venus
Uranus spins on its side
It's Venus, not Mercury. Mercury spins slowly, but not in a retrograde rotation. Venus spins the opposite way from the other planets, except for one of the outer planets (Uranus).
rotation (as opposed to orbiting, which describes the earth's movements around the sun)
The general direction of rotation of everything in the solar system is anticlockwise (counterclockwise) when viewed from an imaginary distant point above the Earth's North pole.If a planet spins the other way, clockwise, we call that sort of rotation "retrograde".
Venus is the only planet in our solar system that spins clockwise on its axis. This is also known as a retrograde rotation.
It's the only known planet that spins clockwise (backwards)
Venus is the inner planet that spins with a retrograde rotation, meaning it rotates on its axis in the opposite direction to its orbit around the Sun. This phenomena causes the Sun to rise in the west and set in the east on Venus.
retrograde rotation
retrograde rotation
The imaginary line around which a planet spins is called its axis. It is an invisible line that runs from the planet's north pole to its south pole and determines the direction of rotation.