Why does venus rotates from east to west?

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Venus originally rotated from west to east, just like the other seven planets. But due to the collisions of other huge heavenly bodies with this planet flipped it over permanently. In the case of Venus, the tidal effect of the sun's gravity also undoubtedly had a profound effect.

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