P3_7 Why Does Venus Spin Backwards?
Abstract
Venus has a very slow, retrograde rotation compared to the 24 hour prograde rotations of
Earth and Mars. We find that for an impacting asteroid to have changed Venus' rotation from
an Earth-like period and direction to its current state, a minimum asteroid mass of 2x10^29kg
would be required, and that such a collision would destroy Venus. This makes it unlikely that
such a collision is responsible for the odd Venusian rotation.
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11/22/2017
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Harvey, M., Harding, B., Acton, J., & Kneebone, R. (2017). P3_7 Why Does Venus Spin Backwards?. Physics Special Topics, 16(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2502
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