KOMPAS.com – All planets in Solar system rotate or rotate at their respective speeds. Speed order planet rotation from fastest to slowest are:
- Jupiter (9 hours 55 minutes)
- Saturn (10 hours 45 minutes)
- Neptune(16 hours 6 minutes)
- Uranus (17 hours 15 minutes)
- Earth (24 hours)
- Mars (24 hours 37 minutes)
- Mercury (58 days 15 hours 30 minutes)
- Venus (243 days)
Also read: Do Other Planets Rotate Like Earth?
Jupiter (9 hours 55 minutes)
Jupiter is the planet with the fastest rotational speed in the Solar System. Reported from Cool Cosmosthis massive planet rotates at a speed of 43,000 kilometers per hour making it only takes 9 hours 55 minutes for one rotation.
That is, a day on Jupiter lasts less than an hour. Thus, Jupiter is the planet with the shortest day in the world solar system.
Saturn (10 hours 45 minutes)
The second planet with the fastest rotation time is a gas giant besides Jupiter, namely Saturn. Saturn rotates at a slightly slower speed than Jupiter at about 34,821 kilometers per hour.
Reported from NASAwith that speed Saturn completes one rotation for 10 hours 45 minutes 45 seconds.
Also read: Time of Revolution and Rotation of the Planets
Neptune (16 hours 6 minutes)
The third fastest rotating planet is the ice giant Neptune. Neptune rotates at a speed of about 9,680 kilometers per hour.
With that speed, Neptune has a shorter day than Earth 16 hours 6 minutes.
Uranus (17 hours 15 minutes)
Another ice giant, Uranus, completes one rotation in 17 hours and 15 minutes. That is, a day on Uranus is about 7 hours faster than on Earth.
Earth (24 hours)
Reported from Spacethe earth rotates at an inclination of about 45 degrees at a speed of 1,180 kilometers per hour.
Earth can complete one rotation in 24 hours. This is why one day on earth that we live in is equal to 24 hours.
Also read: Order of the Planets in the Solar System from the Lightest Density
Mars (24 hours 37 minutes)
Mars has a rotation time that is almost the same as Earth, which is about 24 hours 37 minutes. This means that a day on Mars is almost the same as a day on Earth.
Mercury (58 days 15 hours 30 minutes)
Mercury is the second planet to spin slowly on its axis. One day on Mercury is equal to 59 Earth days.
However, Mercury’s proximity to the Sun makes the rising and setting of the sun not occur as on earth.
Where the Sun rises and sets within three Mercury days or about 176 Earth days.
Also read: Order of the Hottest Planets to the Coldest
Venus (243 days)
The planet with the slowest rotation in the Solar System is Venus. Reported from NASA Solar System ExplorationVenus takes 243 days to rotate which is longer than a year which is 225 days.
That is, one day on Venus is equal to 243 earth days (a day on earth is 24 hours).
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