SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What theory do scientists have about why most planets rotate in a counterclockwise direction?
A
Planets always rotate in the same direction that their sun rotates.
B
Gravity naturally causes objects to rotate in a counterclockwise direction.
C
An unknown factor causes them to rotate in a counterclockwise direction.
D
It is the direction in which planetesimals rotated as they revolved around the center of the nebula.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gravity naturally causes objects to rotate in a counterclockwise direction. An unknown factor causes them to rotate in a counterclockwise direction. It is the direction in which planetesimals rotated as they revolved around the center of the nebula.

Detailed explanation-2: -A widely accepted theory of planet formation, the so-called planetesimal hypotheses, the Chamberlin–Moulton planetesimal hypothesis and that of Viktor Safronov, states that planets form from cosmic dust grains that collide and stick to form ever-larger bodies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The theory that posits that the planets and sun in the solar system formed from the solar nebula is called the solar nebula theory. We know that all the planets revolve around the sun in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from the north, and almost all of them rotate in this direction as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -Because the Sun and planets all formed from the same nebular cloud, they all rotate in the same direction that was induced on the disk of material as it coallesced. Not only do the planets all rotate counter-clockwise around the Sun, but the Sun and nearly all the planets rotate counter-clockwise about their axes.

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