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12 years ago
List at least three of the notable exceptions to the general patterns of the solar system.
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Several possibilities: (a) Mercury and Pluto have large orbital eccentricities and inclinations. (b) The rotational axes of Uranus and Pluto are substantially tilted. (c) Venus rotates backward, that is, clockwise. (d) Unlike other terrestrial planets, Earth has a large Moon. (e) Pluto has a moon that is almost as large as itself. (f) Some of the moons of the jovian planets orbit in the opposite direction.
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