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SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Earth
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Mars
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Uranus
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Saturn
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Venus
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Detailed explanation-1: -Our neighboring planet Venus is an oddball in many ways. For starters, it spins in the opposite direction from most other planets, including Earth, so that on Venus the sun rises in the west.
Detailed explanation-2: -But, at some point in time, both Uranus and Venus were hit by colliding asteroids, which changed their spinning direction.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the planets spin in a counter-clockwise direction (prograde motion) including our Earth. But only two planets, Venus and Uranus spins in clockwise direction (retrograde motion).
Detailed explanation-4: -Yes, Venus, the second planet in the solar system, spins on its axis clock-wise from east to west, while all other planets barring Uranus (which rotates on its side since its axis is tilted), spin anti-clockwise from west to east.