How come not one of the planets in our solar system orbits the sun in the opposite direction? They all rotate in the same direction and in the same plane. How did that happen?
Asker: Jelle, 34 years old
Answer
A question that has actually been answered several times on this site. See for example
https://www.ikhebeenquest.be/scholarship/question3.jsp?id=29338
The bottom line is that all the planets formed from the same disk of dust and gas that orbited the young sun, as a by-product of the sun’s formation.
Answered by
Prof. dr. Christopher Waelkens
Astronomy
Catholic University of Leuven
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/
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