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The rotation on its own axis is normally what we call the planet's 'day'. On earth, of course, a day is thought of as equalling 24 hours. This refers to a Solar Day (ie the time for the earth to rotate once on its axis so that the sun appears again in exactly the same place in the sky the next day. However, this 'day' does not really represent the earth rotating once on its axis (360 degrees), because the earth will have moved a little round the sun in a day, and therefore after the earth has rotated exactly one revolution the sun does not quite reach that exact same place in the sky. Therefore, one day on earth (as measured by its rotation of 360 degrees exactly) is not quite a full day, but around 23 hours 56 minutes (23.95 hours). The other planets' 360 degree rotations are as follows: Mercury: Rotation about its axis = 1408 hours (about 59 days) Venus: Rotation about its axis = 5832 hours (about 243 days - which is longer than its year of 226 days!) Earth: Rotation about its axis = 23.93 hours Mars: Rotation about its axis = 24.62 hours Jupiter: Rotation about its axis = 9.92 hours Saturn: Rotation about its axis = 10.66 hours Uranus: Rotation about its axis = 17.24 hours Neptune: Rotation about its axis = 16.11 hours Pluto is now not recognised as a major planet, but for the sake of completion I'll include the data. Rotation about its axis = 153.3 hours So the slowest planet is Venus whose period of rotation about ts own axis is longer than its year. The fastest is Jupiter - and its quick rotation gives it a squashed appearance because of 'centrifugal force' making the planet bulge out at the equator.
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What a planet rotates on?
It rotates on its axis.
What is a planets axis?
A planet's axis is the imaginary line that the planet rotates around, like spinning top.
A line where planet rotates?
It's the axis of rotation.
What is the fastest rotating gas planet?
Jupiter rotates on its axis most rapidly out of all eight of the planets, 9h 55m 30s for one full spin.
What is planet that rotates the fastest on its axis?
The planet with the fastest rotation is Jupiter, at 9 hours, 50 minutes, and 30 seconds per day.
Which planet rotates fastest on its axis?
jupiter
Is mercury the fastest moving planet around the sun but the slowest rotating around its axis?
Mercury is the fastest moving planet around the sun. It is second slowest to rotate about its axis, Venus being the slowest.
What a planet rotates on?
It rotates on its axis.
Which Fastest Planet?
Jupiter is the planet that rotates the fastest. It completes one rotation on its axis every 9.9 hours, and is also the biggest.
Is the planet mercury is the fastest planet to rotate?
No. The slowest orbiting planet is Neptune. The speed at which a planet orbits is closely tied with the size of its orbit; the larger the orbit, the slower the planet moves.
Which planet rotates most slowly about it axis?
You would think that the largest planet, Jupiter, would rotate the slowest (every 9 earth days and 15 minutes), but it is actually Venus that rotates the slowest at one rotation every 243 earth days.
Which planets have an axis besides earth?
Pretty much every planet has an axis, because an axis is what a planet rotates around. Any planet that rotates has an axis, and pretty much every planet known rotates.
Why is mercury is considered as the fastest planet to revolve around the sun than it rotates on its own axis?
Because it is the closest to the sun
What planet revolves faster than any planet?
In our solar system Jupiter rotates on its axis the fastest. Mercury revolves around the sun in the shortest time
What is a planets axis?
A planet's axis is the imaginary line that the planet rotates around, like spinning top.
What does a planet rotates on?
A planet rotates on its axis a point which travels through the north and the south of the planet. On earth the axis is found at the north and south pole of the earth.
Which planet rotates on its axis backward?
Its Uranus...
