Why not from east to west?
2007-10-20 01:21:13 · 5 answers · asked by P.Anbil Prabu 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because that was the original direction, all the planets of the solar system including the sun were rotating at the time of their formation from a revolving disc of hot gases known as solar nebula.
2007-10-20 02:48:44 · answer #1 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"East" and "west" are arbitrary terms based on the way the Earth rotates. If you're asking why the Earth rotates in this particular direction, it's due to preservation of angular momentum; counterclockwise (seen from the north) seems to have been the spin direction of the nebula from which the solar system formed, since that's the prevailing direction of spin of most objects in the solar system.
2007-10-20 01:39:39 · answer #2 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not? If it were spinning the other way round you would be asking the opposite question!
2007-10-20 03:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by clausiusminkowski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, its just because that happened to be the way the force was going.
2007-10-20 01:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a mystery.
2007-10-20 01:25:17 · answer #5 · answered by Helen Scott 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋