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How do the Planets and Sun get their initial rotation?
How do the Planets and Sun get their initial rotation?
Why do Venus and Mercury rotate so slowly compared to other planets and why does Venus rotate in a different direction to Mercury, Earth and ...
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Why do 3d spheres and gravity tend to rotating discs on one plane?
Whether is it our solar system or a whole galaxy, there is usually a massive object (star or black hole) at the centre with gas and objects rotating around it.
The gravitational effect of the ...
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Why are our planets in the solar system all on the same disc/plane/layer?
I always see pictures of the solar system where our sun is in the middle and the planets surround the sun. All these planets move on orbits on the same layer. Why?
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Questions about the Solar System
Most images you see of the solar system are 2D and all planets orbit in the same plane. In a 3D view, are really all planets orbiting in similar planes? Is there a reason for this? I'd expect that ...
