2006-11-22 14:25:04 · 6 answers · asked by fresh2 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
And in the wrong direction?
2006-11-22 14:25:37 · update #1
The very slow rotation of Venus and the "backward" (retrograde) rotation might mean that it collided, in the past (probably toward the end of their formation), with an object of similar size.
The slow rotation may also have something to do with tidal lock with the Sun. Just an idea I am not sure.
2006-11-22 14:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venus rotates slowly because it has a greater axis than either Mars or Earth
The higher the angle of rotation, the slower the planet spins around its own axis
2006-11-22 15:29:49 · answer #2 · answered by Santhosh S 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
partly because of the make up of its core and partly because the interaction of intense radiation on its magnitosphere
2006-11-22 14:49:01 · answer #3 · answered by heathercny 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it needs less enertia and more gravity because it is so close to the sun
2006-11-22 15:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a captured planet!
2006-11-22 14:40:01 · answer #5 · answered by Coke&TVdinner 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
coz it couldn't go any faster........
2006-11-22 17:26:14 · answer #6 · answered by SGK 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋