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Only 3 Bodies in Our Solar System that Rotate Clockwise  
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Tags: solar system, planets, moons, Jupiter, idkt, trivia, orbits, rotation, clockwise, counter, Venus, Uranus

There are only 3 bodies in our solar system that rotate clockwise... everything else (planets, moons, etc) rotate counter-clockwise:

	Venus - spins super slow, but clockwise (still orbits the sun counter-clockwise however)
	A Moon form Jupiter - joined Jupiter after all it's other moons formed and as it passed by Jupiter got sucked in to Jupiter's gravitational pull
	Uranus - it's tilt is 98 degrees (Earth is 24 degrees) which puts it upside down which makes it "appear" to spin clockwise

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Comments: 98 degrees puts Uranus on it's side from the perspective of the orbital plane, not upside down. Comment by: MrBuckin