Is it because of a similar phenomena like water going down a plug hole in the northern hemisphere in the opposite direction than it goes down in the the southern hemisphere but on a universal scale? Or have I got it quite wrong.
2007-02-07 22:10:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I realise the direction depends on your view point but they all seem to have the same direction.
2007-02-07 22:27:27 · update #1
It's a result of the way that the original dust cloud coalesced when the solar system was forming. Because of the initial angular momentum around the proto-sun they all wound up going the same way. Have the solar system form somewhere else and flip a coin. It could spin in either direction.
2007-02-07 22:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by Gene 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Which way do the planets rotate and move around the Sun?
Viewed from far above the north pole of the Sun, all the planets appear to orbit the Sun in an anticlockwise direction.
From the same vantage point, six of the eight major planets rotate on their axis in an anticlockwise direction. The exceptions are Venus and Uranus (dwarf planet Pluto also rotates clockwise). Astronomers have not yet measured the rotation of the recently discovered Eris (see above).
The revolution period of the planets (their ‘years’) vary from 88 Earth days for Mercury to 560 Earth years for Eris. Their rotation period (‘day’) varies from 9.8 hours for Jupiter to 243 Earth days for Venus
2007-02-07 22:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by Edward W 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You elevate an attractive element. remember those images (derived from mathematical formulae) that became time-honored years in the past observed as "Fractals"? you would zoom in closer and closer, and the picutre may repeat itself infinitely. in my opinion, i'd wager it quite is the way our image voltaic gadget AND galaxy function. i'm wondering we are orbiting something. As a Christian, i visit assert we are orbiting God, for what Else ought to probably be the middle of the universe? spectacular question, mate! efficient to take heed to an outstanding question on right here once in a lengthy time period!
2016-11-26 02:06:44 · answer #3 · answered by wehrly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at it from underneath, they all go the other way.
The reason that they all go the same way is due to the fact that the solar system formed from a giant cloud of rotating gas and dust. That rotation has stayed with us and will continue to do so unless something forces the system to change.
2007-02-07 23:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by Morgy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The reason they all appear to be going counterclockwise is because when the planets formed out of the material left over from the star forming, the material was going around the sun counterclockwise. This caused any object that formed from the material to orbit counterclockwise.
2007-02-07 23:45:04 · answer #5 · answered by bldudas 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
,,because our orbit around the sun is not so large so we over take the outer planet's on there lager orbit, and this makes them appear to travel backwards as we over take them.
2007-02-07 22:43:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because you are "looking" at it from Solar North. If you look at it from Solar South, everything is going clockwise.
2007-02-07 22:16:47 · answer #7 · answered by Helmut 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋