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Venus is the only planet in the solar system that has a retrograde rotation.

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What planet rotates from west to east?

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Which planet in the solar system rotate in direction from east ot west?

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What is the spinning rotation of a planet from east to west called?

The spinning rotation of a planet from east to west is called retrograde rotation. This is the opposite direction to the majority of planets in our solar system, which rotate from west to east in a prograde rotation.


Which planets rotate from east to west?

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What is the planet that rotates by retrograde motion?

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Does Venus rotate east to west or west to east?

From East to West, it is the only planet in our solar system to do so. All the others rotate West to East. Comments: That's not quite true. Uranus is another one. Here's a bit of pedantry: It depends how you define the North pole of a planet. There are two ways to do that, unfortunately. On one definition, Venus actually rotates from West to East. However, nearly everyone ignores that and says Venus rotates from East to West.


Why do earth rotate from west to east and the sun and stars rotate east to west?

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What planet rotates east to west?

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Which planet does not rotate on a top to bottom axis?

Venus is the planet that does not rotate on a top to bottom axis like the other planets in our solar system. It rotates in the opposite direction, from east to west, which is known as retrograde rotation.


What planet does not rotate from weat to east?

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What is the directions the planets rotate around the sun?

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