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Oct 26, 2016 · Venus spins on its axis from east to west, while Uranus is tilted so far over, it's virtually spinning on its side. Every other planet, including our own, spins from west to east, and scientists haven't figured out why.
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One of the early hypotheses explaining why Venus spins backward is that millions of years ago when Venus used to spin in a prograde motion, it was hit hard by a giant asteroid that reversed its direction. This hypothesis was refuted when a team of researchers working on the radar data detected anomalies in this idea during their own study. They con...
Then another team of researchers presented anotherevidence-based hypothesis. They reckoned that the Venus is actually spinning the same way since its inception but it’s just that at some point it got flipped i.e. turned upside down! Now the question arises from this hypothesis: what made the planet flip? Well, this could happen because of Venus’s a...
If you are not convinced with 177oflip idea, there are a few more hypotheses. One of them is that Venus may have gradually slowed down and then reverse its direction. The proponent of this hypothesis reckons this could have been triggered by interaction with the Sun’s magnetic field or combination of this interaction and atmospheric tides. This hyp...
Interestingly the original collision impact theory which was first conceived to rationalize why Venus rotates the wrong way is actually making a comeback in astrophysics academia—or at least it’s another version is. Recent researchsuggests that in the early days of the solar system, Venus used to be much smaller than it is now and a nearly equal-si...
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Nov 2, 2016 · Venus spins on its axis from East to West whereas Uranus is tilted far off and spins virtually on its side. Every planet including our Earth spins from West to East.
Jun 15, 2001 · Current theory holds that Venus initially spun in the same direction as most other planets and, in a way, still does: it simply flipped its axis 180 degrees at some point.
Oct 17, 2016 · Q. I read that Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise. What dictates the direction of rotation? A. In fact, there are two planets that spin on their axes from east to west. The other is...
Aug 22, 2015 · Venus has an axial tilt of 177$^\circ$, so it rotates backwards compared to the majority of other planets. It also has an extremely slow rotation rate of one rotation every 244 days. In comparison, Uranus rotates every 17 hours, but has an axial tilt of 98$^\circ$. It rotates in a direction almost in the same plane as its orbital motion.
The rotation of the planet around its axis can be generally of two types: prograde and retrograde. Prograde rotation indicates that the motion is in the same...
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