Why are the planets rotating on their own axis?
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Why does the Earth rotate on its axis?
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How would gravity change on a planet rotating around itself very fast?
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If velocity is relative, how can mass (inertia) be coordinate independent?
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Why does an unhinged body rotate about its centre of mass?
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Orbiting around axis at an angle
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What is the origin of spin of celestial objects?
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I'm rotating an object on two axes, so why does it keep twisting around the third axis?
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Is there an intuitive explanation for the Southward force caused by the Coriolis Effect on rotating spheres?
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Why aren't alien planets as varied in climate as the Earth?
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Why is the center of mass the pivot of rotation?
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Why does a body rotate faster if force is applied away from the pivot?
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Why do the planets' orbital distances fall on an exponential curve?
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A simple explanation of Kepler's Third Law
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Why does Venus spin in the opposite direction?
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What is the general relativity explanation for why objects at the center of the Earth are weightless?
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What provides the centrifugal force for planets orbiting a star?
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Why do all the planets of the solar system orbit in roughly the same 2D plane?