Do all planets spin the same way, or are there some planets where the sun rises in their equivalent of West? Does it depend on the particular solar system? What about the stars in a galaxy - do they all spin in the same direction? Do all galaxies spin the same way, or do they even spin at all?Īmanda Dominy (extracted from Facebook conversation)įirst, the short answer: All rotations and revolutions in a planetary system are in the same direction, except for when they aren’t.
