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Explain why the planet Venus rotates the opposite way?

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it spins in the same direction it always has, just upside down, so that looking at it from other planets makes the spin seem backward
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The reason why it rotates the opposite way is due to an asteroid collision forcing the planet to spin backwards and is also the reason why a day on Venus is longer then a year on Venus

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