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On Feb 21, 12:46 pm, "George Dishman"
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"Colin" wrote in message

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If I were looking at the earth in such a way that I was looking
straight down at the north pole, is the earth orbiting clockwise or
counterclockwise around the sun? Are all the bodies orbiting the sun
orbiting in the same direction?

In case this is a homework question, let me first suggest
you can work it out from the fact that the Sun rises in
the east and sets in the west.

Thats a bit cold George,

If he'd come back and said "it's not homework" I would
have given him the answer.

without adding:
"and orbital speeds are higher closer to the primary". - For the
first question,

True, but what relevance does that have to his
question regarding the direction of rotation?

and: "Mostly yes." for the second.

Yes, I could have noted that and that Uranus is the
exception.

http://www.nineplanets.org/

George