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Earth rotates eastward, in prograde motion. As viewed from the north pole
star Polaris, Earth turns counter clockwise. The North Pole, also known as
the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the
Northern Hemisphere where Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.
Venus
Every planet in our solar system except for Venus and Uranus rotates
counter-clockwise as seen from above the North Pole; that is to say, from
west to east. This is the same direction in which all the planets orbit the
sun.
That is why, in olden days, health officers ensured that all carnival merry-
go-rounds were run only in the anti-clockwise direction. As the heart is on
the left side, for humans and animals, running anticlockwise makes the
centrifugal force in the body to act from left to right. ...
Clockwise running tires people.
If the thumb of the right hand points to the north celestial pole, its fingers
curl in thedirection that the Moon orbits Earth, Earth orbits the Sun, and
the Moon andEarth rotate on their own axes.
When viewed from the north celestial pole (i.e., from the approximate
direction of the star Polaris) the Moon orbits Earth anticlockwise and Earth
orbits the Sun anticlockwise, and the Moon and Earth rotate on their own
axes anticlockwise.