Wrong-Way Planet
Written by Ken Croswell, Ph.D.
Narrated by Highlights for Children
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A planet's orbit is supposed to go in the same direction that its star spins, but scientists have discovered a planet that spins backward. And it's also the biggest planet ever found!
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