The relative rotation periods of planets in 2-D
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In the above are sidereal (relative to the stars) rotation periods, and axial tilts of the planets were surgically removed. This animation below should answer a lot of Qs about tilts/directions of rotations (and hey it's Pluto again!) twitter.com/physicsJ/statu
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I wasn't aware Uranus spun backwards. I knew the axis of rotation was 90 degrees off from the other planets. Why did we pick that pole and not the other to represent the rotation direction?