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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: neilep on 20/09/2016 12:26:34

Title: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !
Post by: neilep on 20/09/2016 12:26:34

Dearest Planetary Spinologists,

I just found out that Venus spins clockwise, contrary to the rest of the planets with the exception also of Uranus.

I am not happy about this !!..what makes venus so special ?  So, off i went and tried to put Venus in it's place
but, just like the stubborn black hole who refused to give me it's temperature, Venus was not playing ball !
 I am getting well and truly fed up of these obstinate cosmological bodies !!...


Why does Venus spin clockwise ? 


hugs and shmishes

mwah mwah mwah



neil
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Title: Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?
Post by: neilep on 20/09/2016 15:22:20

Additional kweschns:

does our galaxy revolve anti clockwise ?

Do most galaxies revolve the same direction ?

Does the Universe revolve ? Hang on !...is that a silly question ?  because I assume that if the universe revolves does it not need then be inside/part of something to action the rotation ?

Title: Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !
Post by: acsinuk on 20/09/2016 16:54:06

It spins because there is a magnetic link between planet and the sun/star.  Faradays law of rotation if flux/amps field is at right angles to the voltage.

Title: Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !
Post by: syhprum on 20/09/2016 17:09:54

In the early ages of the solar system there was a lot of interaction between the planets including collisions ,the other anomalous one is Uranus that spins on its side

Title: Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !
Post by: neilep on 20/09/2016 18:12:41

Quote from: acsinuk on 20/09/2016 16:54:06

It spins because there is a magnetic link between planet and the sun/star.  Faradays law of rotation if flux/amps field is at right angles to the voltage.

Thank ewe acsinuk..So the planets spin predominantly the same way because they are linked to the way the sun spins and the same for the direction of orbit then  ?

Title: Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !
Post by: neilep on 20/09/2016 18:14:56

Quote from: syhprum on 20/09/2016 17:09:54

In the early ages of the solar system there was a lot of interaction between the planets including collisions ,the other anomalous one is Uranus that spins on its side

thank ewe syhprum  Apparently the non-planet Pluto also spins clockwise. 

Uranus, that must have been a bad hair day  on the day of that collision !

Title: Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !
Post by: evan_au on 21/09/2016 10:26:33

The Galaxy Zoo citizen science project asked people if they could tell whether a galaxy was spinning clockwise or anticlockwise, and they did find a bias.

But when they randomised the images (by flipping the image horizontally or vertically), they found the bias disappeared. So it seems that the bias is mental, rather than physical.

See: https://www.galaxyzoo.org/

Title: Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !
Post by: neilep on 04/10/2016 18:50:58

ooooooh !!   

likey, thanks evan_au

Title: Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !
Post by: neilep on 04/10/2016 18:51:40

If the universe is spinning, could we even tell ?