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

In rec.arts.sf.science message <mjscs3d60ttflpjbddms7l1g53bbo0om4n@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:45:34, Zombie Elvis <DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocast
illo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> posted:

>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.

You can always read
<http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080228-venus-collision.html>
instead.

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