More on Venus
An extension of the page here.
1 One difference
- The Only Solar Planet That Rotates Clockwise
- All planets of our solar system orbit the Sun in a counterclockwise direction with the exception of Venus.
- Depends on your location.
- Contrary to many people’s beliefs, not all the planets on the solar system rotate around the sun in an anti-clockwise pathway.
- It is however interesting to know that there is an exception. Venus is the only planet that rotates around the sun in a clockwise pathway.
- All planets, when observed from the North Pole are seen to be rotating around the sun in an anti-clockwise direction on their elliptical orbits.
- Venus is observed to rotate in a clockwise manner. ...
- Venus is the second planet from the sun after mercury. ...It is one of the brightest celestial bodies on the sky.
- For this reason, it is either referred to as the morning star or the evening star.
- Physical Description
- Venus does not have any natural satellites.
2 Rotation Of Venus
- It is important to note that the all the orbits of the planets are not circular.
- They are elliptical in shape.
- Although the orbit followed by planet Venus is elliptical, it is almost circular.
- ...Venus rotates the earth retrograde in a period equivalent to 243 earth days.
- The tilt exhibited by Venus is 177 degrees, and that of earth, one of the planets that rotate in an anticlockwise direction is approximately 23 degrees.