Why do the planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction? That is the dir

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Why do the planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction?

That is the direction gravity is pulling them in.

The planets are pulled into the same direction as Jupiter, the largest planet.

That is the direction that the solar nebula was rotating.

They only look like they are revolving the same direction, in reality they each travel in a different direction.

Everything in the universe is moving in that direction.

That is the direction gravity is pulling them in.

The planets are pulled into the same direction as Jupiter, the largest planet.

That is the direction that the solar nebula was rotating.

They only look like they are revolving the same direction, in reality they each travel in a different direction.

Everything in the universe is moving in that direction.

Answer : That is the direction that the solar nebula was rotating.

Since all planets were formed from single rotating cloud of gas , called as nebula, they move in same direction

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