Interesting fact #39: Which planet rotates clockwise?

in #interesting7 years ago (edited)

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If you were to look down at the plane of the solar system from its 'north pole' you would see the planets orbiting the Sun counter clockwise, and rotating on their axis counterclockwise. Except for Venus. Venus would be rotating clockwise as it orbited the Sun counterclockwise.

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