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What is the difference between a planet's rotation and a planet's revolution?
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∙ 13y ago
Earth rotates on its axis and it revolves around the sun. Both things conserve earth's angular momentum.
Each rotation is a day, and each solar revolution is a year. The days and years both help us mark the passage of time.
Other than that, there are not too many similarities.
Candida Spencer
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∙ 13y agoRotation is turning on an axis and revolution is a path around another object. The earth takes 24 hours to make a complete rotation on its axis. That time is used to mark one day. The earth takes about 365 1/4 days to revolve around the sun. That time is used to measure a year. A year is made of 365 days, but to compensate for the extra 1/4 day, one day is added to the year every four years. The path that the earth takes around the sun is called an orbit.
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Why do you not notice that the earth is rotating?
Gravity.Correction:The Earth's rotation has nothing to do with gravity and vice versa. One notices the earth's rotation in the rising and setting of the moon, sun, planets and stars.
What is the differences between your planets and other planets?
earth is the only planet known to house liquid water and life
What is the adjective for rotation?
The word revolve (to go around, as in circles) can mean to turn, spin, or rotate. (*For planets, "revolve" is used to mean orbiting around a larger body, while "rotate" is used for the spin of the body itself.)
What shape are the sun earth and earth and other planets?
Approximately spherical, but because of the speed of their rotation, there is certain 'oblateness' - a little flattening of the shape on the poles. The shape that results is often called a 'geoid'.
Describe Earth's location relative to other planets?
The earth orbits the sun between the planets Venus and Mars. The other five planets are farther out than Mars. The closest earth gets to Venus is 23.7 million miles. The closest earth gets to Mars is 36.4 million miles.
What is the difference between a planets period of rotation and period of revolution?
The difference between the rotation and revoulution is that rotation is the spiinning of the planet on its axis and revoulution is the orbiting of the planet around the sun.
What is the difference between planets period of rotation and period of revolution?
The difference between the rotation and revoulution is that rotation is the spiinning of the planet on its axis and revoulution is the orbiting of the planet around the sun.
What is the difference of a planets period of rotation and period of revolution?
The difference between the rotation and revoulution is that rotation is the spiinning of the planet on its axis and revoulution is the orbiting of the planet around the sun.
What is the difference between a planet's rotation and its revolution?
The planets rotate around their rotational axes and revolve around the sun.
What is the difference between a planet's period of rotation and period of revolution?
All planets in our solar system vary in the time it takes them to complete a revolution. This is due to their differing distances from the sun. As far as rotation goes, the time varies from nine hours and fifty minutes for Jupiter to 244 days for Venus to make a like rotation.
How is revolution and rotation of planets the same?
revolution-is the revolving of an object around another object. rotation-is the spinning of an object on its axis. revolution and rotation are two different concepts but, are alike in some way. Rotation- Dominic
An example of rotation?
rotation-planets on axis revolution-planets in orbit
What are the two movement of the planets?
orbit and rotation there is also a wobble or tilt that can fluctuate
What is the time of revolution the planets?
The period of rotation for each of the planets is as follows - the sidereal rotation (rotation time against background stars); PlanetSidereal rotational periodMercury58.646225Venus-243.0187Earth0.99726957Mars1.02595675Jupiter0.41007Saturn0.426Uranus-0.71833Neptune0.67125
How long do inner planets rotation and revolution around the sun?
PENIS
What is the difference between orbits and rotation?
well when something is orbiting a planet that means an object is basically circling the planet due to its gravitational pull. Rotation is the planets rotation not the object surrounding circling it.
How does a planets period of rotation differ from its period of revolution?
they have different distances from the sun
