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Do Other Planets Rotate Like Earth?

KOMPAS.com – Earth rotates or rotates on its axis, causing day and night. Then what about other planets, do other planets rotate like Earth? The answer is yes, all planets rotate.

All the planets that are inside solar system rotates like the earth. Why do all the planets rotate? To find out we have to go back to 4.6 billion years ago when our solar system was nothing but clouds and dust.

These very large clouds or nebulae then collapse and initiate the formation of planets. Reported from Ask an Astronomerthe nebula then undergoes a very small rotation then increases dramatically and begins to condense to form a planet.

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This is in accordance with the law of conservation of momentum in a vacuum. Where as the radius of the orbit decreases (the clouds condense to form a planet with a fixed mass), the angular velocity increases.

It is this conservation of momentum that forms the planets, as well as what makes all the planets rotate. Simply put, without rotation the planets would not be formed.

The planets rotate in the same direction except for venus and uranus

All planets are said to rotate like the earth because they have the same direction of rotation. Reported from Science Focusthis is because the planets of the solar system formed in the same nebula disk.

So, it has the same direction of rotation, which is counterclockwise from west to east. The only two money planets don’t rotate in the same direction, namely Venus and Uranus.

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Venus rotates in the opposite direction to the other planets

Venus initially rotated in the direction of Earth and the other planets. However, Venus is close to the sun and experiences a large gravitational pull.

Reported from Science Alertscientists think the strong gravitational pull on Venus’ dense atmosphere creates tides that can reverse the planet’s spin.

This is thought to cause Venus to rotate in reverse. That is, clockwise from east to west.

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Uranus rotates on its side

Unlike other planets that rotate vertically, Uranus rotates on its side. Reported from NASA Solar System ExplorationUranus is the only planet whose equator is almost perpendicular to its orbit because it has an inclination of 97.77 degrees.

Just like Venus, Uranus also has a different direction of rotation from other planets. Initially, Uranus rotated normally like the other planets. However, Uranus collided with an Earth-sized object which changed its rotation.

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