does the earth rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?

Answer 1

The Earth revolves around the Sun in a counter-clockwise direction

Answer 2

Looking down on the earth from above what we call the north pole, you will see it rotating in a "counterclockwise" direction. Also, if you look down on the solar system from above the sun in the same direction, you will see the earth (and the rest of the planets, dwarf planets and asteroids) revolving around the sun in a counterclockwise direction.

As others will point out, which way the earth rotates depends on your viewing perspective. An alternate method is to define the direction of the pole with respect to the rotation. If one assumes a "right hand rule" where one makes a "thumbs up" gesture with the fingers of the right hand curled and the thumb pointing up, you can let the fingers represent the rotation direction and define the north pole as the direction pointed by the vertical thumb of the right hand. This is essentially what happens when you take the cross product of two vectors lying in a plane. The order of the vectors defines the direction of rotation and the resulting normal vector defines the "north" pole perpendicular to that plane.

As a 3 dimensional example, define vectors X=[1,0,0] and y=[0,1,0]. If you compute the result "X cross Y", (representing rotation from point X to point Y) you will get the result [0,0,1] which is "Z" and which lies perpendicular to both X and Y.

Answer 3

Translation and rotation, from east to west, clockwise... what i do not get is why must be counterclockwise from different element of the planet, if i'm status the following or there, should not be the "feeling" the same action?, once you stand lower than the equator yo don't sense like staggering

Answer 4

It depends on where you stand (float, whatever).

If you look down on the earth from above the north pole, you will see it rotating counterclockwise.

If you're above the south pole, you will see the earth rotating clockwise.

There is no compelling reason to prefer one frame of reference over the other. The question of 'clockwise' or 'counterclockwise' is meaningless if it doesn't specify your vantage point.

Answer 5

Earth rotates counterclockwise and
also revolves around the sun counterclockwise.

Answer 6

Counterclockwise

Answer 7

Counterclockwise. Clockwise is retrograde, that goes for only Venus and Uranus.

Answer 8

That depends on where you are. From above the north pole it rotates counter-clockwise, from above the south pole clockwise.

It's the same for its revolution around the sun. Now ask yourself, is that by coincidence or a natural result of how the planets were formed?

Answer 9

As others have said, it depends upon your perspective. The best way to say it is that earth spins on its axis from east to west.

Answer 10

CCW looking from the North Pole.
CW looking from the South Pole.