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Do all known planets rotate anticlockwise?

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Beki

The earth rotates anticlockwise. Do all known planets (and suns?) rotate anticlockwise?

Derek Gouldsworthy

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  1. laz, on October 28th, 2009 at 7:04 pm Said:

    They do not rotate anti-clockwise, it’s only because we percieve our “north” as the top, if the south was percieved as the top then the world would be”upside down” and therefore everything will rotate clockwise.

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