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Why are all planets observed to revolve in the same direction around the Sun?

April 26, 2017Astronomy direction Mathematics planets revolve Sun

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Why are all planets observed to revolve in the same direction around the Sun?

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All the planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction because it is believed that this was the direction of rotation of the solar nebula – the cloud of gas and dust from which the Sun and all the planets were created some 4.5 billion years ago.