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What is a planet that has a rotation in the opposite direction of the earth?
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Venus is the planet that rotates in the opposite direction to all the other planets.
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How much time does each planet take for a single rotation?
This varies, depending mainly on collisions that have occured in the past. The rotation periods in days (time taken for the planet to rotate once on its axis relative to background stars) for each of the planets is as follows; Mercury = 58.646 Venus = -243.019 (spins in opposite direction) Earth = 0.997 Mars = 1.026 Jupiter = 0.410 Saturn = 0.426 Uranus = -0.718 (spins in opposite direction) Neptune = 0.671 This is different to an `apparent day` as an `apparent day` factors in the movement of the planet around the sun during its rotation. negative results for Venus and Uranus show that these planets spin in the opposite direction to most other planets (retrograde).
What is mercury rotation direction?
earth is d only planet wid west to east rotation. so it is proved dat mercury rotates in east to west
What is the direction of Pluto's rotation?
I'm not sure how to explain directions in space since they are all relative to something else. This is about the best I can do. If you mean Pluto's rotation around the Sun it orbits in the same direction as the Earth which is also the same as the Sun's rotation on its axis. If you mean Pluto's rotation on its axis it's opposite the rotation of the Earth and Sun on their axes.
What is the definition of prograde rotation?
Retrograde motion is the opposite of prograde motion.So, retrograde motion is where a body is moving in the direction opposite to the movement of something else. Not to be confused with apparent retrograde motion. [See related link]If you were on a child's roundabout and your friend was running alongside in the same direction you were spinning, that would be prograde. If however, your friend turned around and ran the opposite way, that would be retrograde motion. [See related link for a pictorial]In astronomy:The Earth and four other planets rotate in the same direction as the Sun does; Prograde.Venus and Uranus rotate in the opposite direction; retrograde.Do not confuse this with retrograde revolution, as no planet revolves in the opposite direction to the Sun.See related link for a full explanation.
Is Jupiter rotation pro grade rotation or retrograde rotation?
Simple answer: Venus has "retrograde" rotation.A more complicated answer. Venus rotates in the opposite direction compared with Earth and most other planets in our solar system. The Earth's rotation is "prograde". It rotates in the counterclockwise direction, when viewed from above the North Pole.However it is possible to define the "North Pole" of Venus in two different ways.It can be said that, on one definition, Venus also rotates in the direction that'scounterclockwise as viewed from above its North Pole.Still, nearly always, you will find the rotation referred to as "retrograde", so the simple answer is OK.Anyway, Venus definitely rotates in a direction that's opposite to its direction of orbital revolution.
A planet that has a rotation spins in the opposite direction as the earth?
Neptune
How does retrograde rotation compared with the rotation of Earth?
It means that the rotation is in the opposite direction.
What do you call the motion when a planet heads in the opposite direction?
A planet's predominant movement (NOT the daily movement related to Earth's rotation, but the apparent movement compared to the background stars) is from west to east. If a planet moves in this direction it is said to be "prograde", if it moves in the opposite direction, it is said to be "retrograde".
What is it when a planet rotates the opposite way earth does?
That is called retrograde rotation.
Which planet roatates in the opposite direction earth?
Venus
What is bright planet in opposite direction of moon in August 2009?
earth
What does -243 Earth days rotation of planet Venus mean?
It means that Venus rotates oncefor every243 days on Earth. The minus sign is to show that Venus rotates in the opposite direction from Earth. Venus rotates in aclockwise direction(seen from an imaginary placehigh above the Earth's north pole).
What planet has a moon that revolves in the direction opposite to all its other moons?
earth
What planet Has a moon the revolves in the direction opposite all its other moons?
earth
What is pro-grade rotation?
"Prograde" means "in the normal direction". Everything in THIS solar system rotates counter-clockwise, or CCW. Well, ALMOST everything; there are two planets whose rotation is "retrograde", which means "in the opposite direction". The planet Venus rotates - VERY SLOWLY! - in a "retrograde" or clockwise direction.
How much time does each planet take for a single rotation?
This varies, depending mainly on collisions that have occured in the past. The rotation periods in days (time taken for the planet to rotate once on its axis relative to background stars) for each of the planets is as follows; Mercury = 58.646 Venus = -243.019 (spins in opposite direction) Earth = 0.997 Mars = 1.026 Jupiter = 0.410 Saturn = 0.426 Uranus = -0.718 (spins in opposite direction) Neptune = 0.671 This is different to an `apparent day` as an `apparent day` factors in the movement of the planet around the sun during its rotation. negative results for Venus and Uranus show that these planets spin in the opposite direction to most other planets (retrograde).
What is mercury rotation direction?
earth is d only planet wid west to east rotation. so it is proved dat mercury rotates in east to west
