All planets rotate in the clockwise direction unlike Venus ♀ in the solar system. why so?
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Heya user,
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.
In other words, it spins in the same direction it always has, just upside down, so that looking at it from other planets makes the spin seem backward. Scientists have argued that the sun's gravitational pull on the planet's very dense atmosphere could have caused strong atmospheric tides. Such tides, combined with friction between Venus's mantle and core, could have caused the flip in the first place.
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.
In other words, it spins in the same direction it always has, just upside down, so that looking at it from other planets makes the spin seem backward. Scientists have argued that the sun's gravitational pull on the planet's very dense atmosphere could have caused strong atmospheric tides. Such tides, combined with friction between Venus's mantle and core, could have caused the flip in the first place.
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