The main idea is that angular momentum is conseved, ie, cannot change. Angular momentum is the product of the spin rate and the moment of inertia (a measure of the distribution of the mass about the axis of rotation). The product is constant.
If mass is widely dispersed as before condensing into a planet, and is very slowly rotating, then when it condenses into a planet (making a small moment of inertia) the rate of rotation could be large. So condensing amplifies whatever rotation there was initially.
The real interesting question is how did some of the bodies that we know of (Like Venus) get very little pin (it spins around about once every time around the sun)! Same with the Moon (athough if it is a remnant of an collision with Earth it is easier to explain why is has low spin - ahem - excuse me - rotation).
2007-02-02 09:04:35
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answered by Dr Dave P 7
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2016-12-16 19:45:00
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answered by ? 4
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The dynamics of a rotating body are controlled by forces like gravity and conserved angular momentum from initial conditions when the solar system formed.
Personally, I am not sure that this explanation fully explains the phenomena.
2007-02-02 09:04:56
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answered by ? 3
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I suppose it would be more remarkable if our world did not spin.
If planets are created by the coalescing of a spinning cloud of gas (one theory) then that rotation is passed along in the nearly frictionless void of space to the resulting planet.
2007-02-02 08:56:25
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answered by d 3
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the universe don't spins around it self exactly,
but our galaxy does,
also, the whole universe is growing..!
read the book, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TIME, by Steven Hawking,
2007-02-02 08:53:15
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answered by Anonymous
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This is a good question.
Carl Sagan was a popular scientist who tried to answer this question. I think he does it better justice than I could, so I'm putting a link to his website below.
2007-02-02 09:10:10
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answered by nora22000 7
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natural causes
2007-02-02 08:56:03
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answered by Anonymous
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