You are right. The s orbitals are spherically symmetrical and have no preferred directional properties. On the contrary, p orbitals have definite directional properties. there have three orthogonal p orbitals ---Px, Py, Pz. Could you please tell me where you got the question? Thanks! Solution You are right. The s orbitals are spherically symmetrical and have no preferred directional properties. On the contrary, p orbitals have definite directional properties. there have three orthogonal p orbitals ---Px, Py, Pz. Could you please tell me where you got the question? Thanks!.