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From the perspective of an observer far "above" the north pole, virtually everything in the solar system orbits and spins in a COUNTER-clockwise direction. The Sun spins counterclockwise; all the planets orbit that way. 6 of the 8 planets SPIN that way, and the two exceptions are themselves exceptional.

Venus spins clockwise, but VERY slowly, taking 243 days to spin once. (The year on Venus is only 223 days.) The axis of the planet Uranus is "tipped" nearly 90 degrees, and rotates clockwise. With respect to the ecliptic (the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun), Uranus looks like it is laying on its side, spinning.

We suspect that the cause is that the entire planetary nebula from which our solar system formed was itself spinning CCW.

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