3/1/2023 0 Comments Which planet spins clockwiseAt the equator, Uranus experiences normal days and nights. This extreme tilt leads to the radical seasons that the planet experiences and makes the planet have unusual days at the poles. But Uranus’s axis is extremely tilted to 97.7º and its pole is pointed toward the equatorial plane of the other planets. Most planetary axes are perpendicular to the orbital plane. someone must have kicked this planet and made it roll on its side. Well if Venus was rotating upside down then. As for Uranus, it’s quite unique since it’s not rotating in the regular clockwise or counterclockwise direction. The first impact’s result was a satellite for Venus but after 10 million years Venus encountered another gigantic impact on the opposite side of the planet from the first impact which reversed its rotation and the satellite it once had spiralled in and collided with the planet itself. They proposed 2 large impacts in Venus’s history. This is what happened to the Earth/Moon system when a Mars-sized body collided with the Earth and the leftover material merged and formed the Moon.Īnd Venus may have experienced an encounter with one of these larger bodies in a gigantic impact in which, unlike the Earth, the extra material didn’t form a separate moon, but stopped and even reversed its rotation altogether.Īnother simulation was made by Alex Alemi and David Stevenson from California Institute of Technology, to trace the oddness of Venus’s orbit. this interaction with all the planets eventually cleared each planet’s orbit as we know now. Soon after the planets were formed, there still were many large and small objects or maybe we can classify them as mini planets that orbited the Sun. Such strong tides could have caused the flip to happen.Īnother explanation comes from the cratering evidence on each planet. Scientists have argued that the sun’s gravitational pull on the planet’s very dense atmosphere could have caused strong atmospheric tides. As I said before, there are a few explanations for this. In other words, it spins in the same direction it always has, just upside down, so that looking at it from the other planets makes the spin look backward. Venus is initially rotating counterclockwise like the other planets and it still does. There are a few possibilities that we can take into account to explain why Venus rotates backwards. But something came along that changed the rotational direction of Venus and Uranus. At that time, all the planets rotated in the same direction. Well not literally going to the past, but let’s explore the time when all the planets formed. Let’s take ourselves traveling into the past. The question is why do they rotate differently from all the others? Venus rotates clockwise while Uranus rolls on its side as it orbits the Sun. If you look at the solar system from its north pole, then you will see all the planets orbiting the Sun counter clockwise and rotating on their axis counterclockwise, except for Venus and Uranus. Well not all, since Uranus also rotates in a different way. It rotates backwards compared to the Earth and the other planets. On top of it, Venus rotation is opposite to the Earth. It means you already are in another year once the planet finishes the day. It takes 243 Earth days to complete its rotation but it only takes 224.7 days to complete each orbit. The day on Venus is much longer than one on the Earth. How could you live in a such hot planet like that?Īnd not just that. In this case, Venus’ high temperature and extreme pressure make it look very different from our world. But of course just like any twin, there is always a difference between them. It has a similar size, mass, density and chemical composition. Just click on the “ Donate” button on the lower left side of this webpage, or contact us at the second planet in Solar System and our neighbour, is also a twin of our blue planet. We still need sponsors for many days in 2015, so please consider sponsoring a day or two. Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by - no one. Mengapa Rotasi Venus dan Uranus Berbeda?: ĭescription: The question is why do Venus and Uranus rotate differently from all the others?īio: Avivah is a project director of 365 Days Of Astronomy and astronomy communicator from Indonesia. Organization: 365 Days Of Astronomy langitselatan Title: Why Do Venus and Uranus Spin The Wrong Way?
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