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Re: mars and venus



Lois Breur Krause asks: Why does Venus rotate backwards?


I doubt there's a definitive answer to the question, but it seems plausible
that Venus suffered a major collision while it was forming which left it in
its current rotation state. BTW - Uranus is also in an odd (compared to the
rest of the planets) rotation state, with its equator inclined about 90
degrees to the plane of its orbit, for probably the same reason.

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