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Which planet rotates counterclockwise in our solar system?

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posted Sep 10, 2017 by Atindra Kumar Nath

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Venus and possibly Uranus are the exceptions to the counterclockwise rotations of the planets. Venus travels around the sun once every 225 Earth days but it rotates clockwise once every 243 days. This pecular combination gives it a day with respect to the sun of 117 Earth days.

answer Sep 11, 2017 by Shivaranjini
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