In the time-lapse video, all of the planets orbit, or revolve around the Sun in the same eastward direction. Most of them also rotate around their axes in that same direction. Jupiter rotates the fastest, while Venus spins not only the slowest, but backwards. Prograde rotation indicates that the motion is in the same direction as the Sun’s rotation. Retrograde rotation is in the opposite direction. Most planets in our solar system, including Earth, rotate counter-clockwise or prograde direction.