Is it normal to wonder what direction we're going?

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Without cheating. We are on a planet (Earth) that rotates on it's axis and orbits the Sun. As viewed from a vantage point above the North Poles of both the Sun and Earth, which direction are we travelling through space?

Earth rotates clockwise, Earth orbits the Sun counterclockwise. 4
Earth rotates counterclockwise, Earth orbits the Sun clockwise. 9
Earth rotates counterclockwise, Earth orbits the Sun counterclockwise. 11
Earth rotates clockwise, Earth orbits the Sun clockwise. 4
I live 'Down Under', I look South, I'm going in the 'Proper' direction 2
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  • IHATEUSERNAMES
    11 years ago

    it depends on witch way ur looking at the earth because it dosent have a top or botom

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  • anti-hero
    12 years ago

    Since the earth rotates counter clockwise, and the earth has been spinning long than clocks have existed, shouldn't we say that clocks rotate counter earthwise?

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    • Avant-Garde
      12 years ago

      That's a good point. I've never thought about it that way.

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      • anti-hero
        12 years ago

        It just popped into my head when I read this haha

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  • Faceless
    12 years ago

    Well never know.

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  • TerryVie
    12 years ago

    fun fact: venus rotates clockwise :)

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  • Darkoil
    12 years ago

    The sun travels from east to west (technically left to right for me in my garden throughout the day) and at the minute every night I have observed venus slowly moving to the right so this means the earth is spinning counter clockwise which also means that it is traveling counter clockwise around the sun along with all the other planets.

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  • Avant-Garde
    12 years ago

    I think the planets travel counterclockwise.

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  • iEatZombies_
    12 years ago

    Both earth rotation and cycle around the sun are counterclockwise.

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