Venus
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).
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).
Any planet, moon or object that rotates in the opposite to us (Well we have to have a common denominator) is said to be in retrograde rotation (or retrograde motion) But most objects in the solar system appear to spin counterclockwise when viewed from above the north pole, so this is normal rotation, not retrograde.
Pluto, like most bodies in the solar system, has a prograde orbit (inclination: ~17° from the ecliptic).Its rotation is retrograde, though (inclined at ~120°).
This is the definition of prograde rotation. In the solar system, a rotating body seen from its North Pole will appear to be spinning counterclockwise. This is different then retrograde rotation in which a body spins in the opposite direction.
Venus. It spins the other way compared to the other inner planets.
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).
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).
retrograde rotation
retrograde rotation
This is called retrograde rotation. Within our solar system, the planets of Venus and Uranus have retrograde rotation.
This is called retrograde rotation. Within our solar system, the planets of Venus and Uranus have retrograde rotation.
This is called retrograde rotation. Within our solar system, the planets of Venus and Uranus have retrograde rotation.
Any planet, moon or object that rotates in the opposite to us (Well we have to have a common denominator) is said to be in retrograde rotation (or retrograde motion) But most objects in the solar system appear to spin counterclockwise when viewed from above the north pole, so this is normal rotation, not retrograde.
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".
Pluto, like most bodies in the solar system, has a prograde orbit (inclination: ~17° from the ecliptic).Its rotation is retrograde, though (inclined at ~120°).
the sun because it stays in one place and obits.