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Why Venus Spins Backwards

Name: Why Venus Spins Backwards
Uploaded: 2026-06-26
Duration: 53 s
Channel: Rick Wood
Description: Retrograde rotation turns familiar words like day, year, east, and west inside out.

On Venus, the Sun rises in the west and a rotation outlasts an orbit.

0:53Published June 26, 2026Hosted by Rick Wood

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What you’ll discover

The difference between sidereal and solar day
What retrograde rotation changes
Why Venus’s spin origin remains debated

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