what planets rotate in a different direction than all the other planets?

Answer 1

Well in a sense all planets rotate in the same direction. If they rotate retrograde you can say the planet is tilted upside down on it's Axis. Like Venus which has a retrograde rotation, or Uranus which is tilted on it's side.

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Answer 2

When viewed from the North poles of each planet, only Venus rotates backwards. Every other planet rotates counter-clockwise, while Venus has a clockwise rotation. It is speculated that some very large object smashed into Venus a long time ago and had so much force that it not only stopped its rotation counter-clockwise, but forced it into the clockwise direction. A little extra information is that Venus is rotating so slowly that a Venus day is longer than a Venus year. However, Uranus' rotational axis is tilted about 97 degrees so that the North pole actually face down. This makes the planet appear to rotate on its side, but it is still rotating counter-clockwise. Most objects in the solar system have counter-clockwise orbits, rotations, etc. this is because when the solar system formed the gaseous disk surrounding it was rotating counter-clockwise, forcing the other objects formed from the denser elements and materials around the newborn star to take up that direction in all respects, unless of course another outside force alterred a planets movement.

Answer 3

Some say we have an "earth centric" opinion of which way a planet should rotate (hence retrograde) but there is nothing in the laws of physics that says a planet has to rotate in a certain direction.

Answer 4

pluto, uranus, venus