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Since all the spin (or angular momentum, as we physicists call it) comes from the rotation of the original cloud, it’s no surprise that all planets in our Solar System are orbiting around the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise if you’re looking down at the North Pole), which is also the same direction that the Sun itself rotates roughly once per month.
Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
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