# Rotation of planet Venus **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 31, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotation-of-planet-venus/79083 "2001-08-31T06:30:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotation-of-planet-venus/79083/1 "2001-08-31T06:30:28Z")
Having read that Venus is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise, I am asking my fellow dopers why this occurs. I tried to run a search but fell far short of achieving that goal. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotation-of-planet-venus/79083/2 "2001-08-31T08:20:16Z")
Uh … Velikovsky’s Theory? [sub]I’m sorry … I’m sorry … I’m going now … Don’t throw things, please![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotation-of-planet-venus/79083/3 "2001-08-31T08:23:00Z")
Check out the second item on this page: [http://www.skypub.com/news/010622.html](http://www.skypub.com/news/010622.html) ---
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotation-of-planet-venus/79083/4 "2001-08-31T16:26:29Z")
Thank you, dtilque…Great article!