Re: planetary and atmospheric rotation - origins, direction, etc

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:54:43 +1300, Tux Wonder-Dog
<wes.parish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Have there been any theses, studies, articles, etc, on this topic, the
>origin of planetary rotation and the direction of atmospheric
circulation?
>
>How deeply tied is it to the (postulated) direction of rotation of the
>nebula of origin?  What additional causes might be postulated - eg, in
the
>cases of Venus and Uranus?
>
>(As you might have guessed, I'm still thinking about some of the issues
in
>the snowball planets and M-stars thread. ;)
>
Here's a blog post which points to a New Scientist article on a paper
which postulates that a collision of two proto-planets might be
responsible for the formation of Venus and explains its lack of water
and funky rotation. The article is subscription only, the blog post is
light on details, and the paper itself they are both based upon is
also subscription only but hey, it's a start.

Blog post:
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/02/did-a-big-bang.html
Article: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.031
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         -- Art in "Eastern Standard Tribe"

Roberto Castillo
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