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If a planet rotated once per orbit in the retrograde direction, how many solar days would it have per orbit?

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Even if it rotated counterclockwise, one rotation and one revolution would still take a year to complete.

What is solar days?

A solar day lasts on average 24 hours on Earth. A solar day is longer than a sidereal day because the Earth orbits the Sun in addition to spinning counterclockwise on its axis (anticlockwise).

In astronomy, retrograde motion often refers to an object's orbital or rotational movement in the direction counter to the rotation of its primary, or the central object. It might also be used to describe motions like the nutation or precession of an object's rotating axis.

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