trouble with astronomy?

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i don't know the answer to these questions. i'm having a hard time with them. Is there any evidence that the planets formed from a spinning mass of material?

also, n which direction is Jupiter spinning?
 
The flatness of the orbits of the planets is a result of the solar system having formed from a flat disk of gas.

We can see star and planet formation in its various stages, occurring in various place in the Galaxy. There is invariably a spinning disk of gas involved. The disk helps remove angular momentum from the material forming the star, which otherwise could not collapse.

The Sun and most of the planets and their moons, including Jupiter, rotate counterclockwise, looking down on their north poles. Venus and Uranus are exceptions.
 
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