[Loser]

I believe, Junkie, that you are right and I am not.

Impacts from lower orbits would be traveling at higher speeds, relative to the forming body, causing it to spin against it's orbit. Impacts from higher orbits would actually strike the leading face of the forming body, as the forming body has a faster orbit, again causing it to spin against its orbit. These examples assume all orbit are circular, but I'm thinking it will all average out that way, anyway.

If, however, the forming body is a cloud of sorts, it ought to be tide-locked to the star. In this case one face of the cloud will always be presented to the star, and thus the cloud will be spinning with its orbit. As the cloud collapses it will spin fast, with its orbit.

We'll just leave Venus and Uranus out of this, and say that all reasonable planets spin with their orbits. It's got to be the cloud thing.

[ August 21, 2003, 17:44: Message edited by: Loser ]