Venus spins on its axis on the opposite side as the other planets from the Solar System. Why is that so? Is there any special reason? Thank you.
2006-07-26 00:47:42 · 5 answers · asked by donald duck 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
...And it is also very much hotter than anybody expected-- because it used to be a COMET!
Quoting the referenced article:
"Mariner II put it beyond doubt that the rotation of Venus is retrograde- that is, while it revolves in the same direction as that in which all the other planets both revolve and rotate, it rotates in the contrary sense! No doubt ad hoc amendments will be tried, to fit this fact into conventional theories of the origin of the planets (just as desperate ad hoc amendments to a "greenhouse" theory are still being made to account for the temperature); but this one will test their ingenuity, that is certain."
2006-07-26 18:07:51 · answer #1 · answered by Fred S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venus isn't turned "upside down," but it rotates in a direction opposite to all the other planets. Two main theories for this so-called retrograde rotation are --
(1)Venus was once a moon of Saturn but was somehow thrown out of its orbit and ended up circling the sun as a planet;
(2)The frictional drag of the extremely dense atmosphere of Venus has caused the retrograde rotation.
2006-07-26 00:58:32 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well maybe cuz its a planet of love n other planet turn it upside down!!!
2006-07-26 00:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woah.. thats news to me !
2006-07-26 01:20:26 · answer #4 · answered by Electrifying! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you are a redtrd
2006-07-26 00:50:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋