– why does Venus spin in a different direction than the other planets in our solar system?

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From what I just read, Venus spins clockwise while the other planets spin counterclockwise. Why is this?

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It spins in the opposite direction from an orbiting perspective, if you look at it from a stationary perspective you find that it spins the same way as the rest of the planets. However it takes longer than on trip around the sun to complete a rotation, resulting in it appearing to spin backwards

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