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Chiroptera
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Message 6 of 185 (94159)
03-23-2004 3:12 PM


Another explanation for Venus' retrograde rotation (scroll to the bottom) is that tidal forces of the sun acting on Venus' very thick atmosphere caused this phenomenon. I believe that this has even been simulated with a computer model, so the mechanism is plausible.

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