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Old Oct 23, 2006, 02:01 PM
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Which planet spins backwards?

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Old Oct 23, 2006, 02:09 PM   #2  
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RickJ agrees: Correct if the asker meant planets in our Solar System. . . :)
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Old Oct 23, 2006, 11:08 PM   #3  
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Just adding a curuious fact:

One spin for Venus takes 243 Earth days!
Now that's a heck of a long day by anyone's standards!
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Old Oct 28, 2006, 01:22 PM   #4  
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Just adding a curuious fact:

One spin for Venus takes 243 Earth days!
Now that's a heck of a long day by anyone's standards!
Makes for a nice weekend though
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only Venus
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Old Nov 21, 2006, 05:56 AM   #6  
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I'm sure a Venusian would argue that all the other planets spinning backwards, and they are the ones spinning forwards, right?
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I'm sure a Venusian would argue that all the other planets spinning backwards, and they are the ones spinning forwards, right?
On what do you think he could base that conclusion?
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Old Nov 21, 2006, 08:58 PM   #8  
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I'm sure a Venusian would argue that all the other planets spinning backwards, and they are the ones spinning forwards, right?
This is kind of like the "Coriolis Effect", and the argument whether all toilets flush counterclockwise in the Northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the south!
Probably quite true, but you'll never get everyone to agree. It's all dependent on your own personal view. It's always either half full or half empty.
Unless of course you are a nihlist, in which case the answer bears no relevance...
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He would base the conclusion on the direction his planet is spinning, i'm just trying to highlight that 'backwards' isn't the best wording for the question, maybe 'clockwise' or 'anticlockwise' as seen from the northen pole would be better.

I'm a pedant.

Thomas, that's hardly an argument, havent you seen the way sinks drain?

Yes, it's relative.
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Believe it or not, people actually do sit around and debate such things.

http://www.discovery.com/area/skinny...3/skinny1.html

Though you are right, clockwise in the Northern hemisphere. My mistake.
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