KOMPAS.com – Planets are celestial bodies that revolve around the sun in a certain trajectory.
Quoted from the book Most Top Facts of the Universe (2005) by Brian Williams, in the solar system there are eight planets namely, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
In addition to the planets revolving around the sun (revolution), these planets also rotate (rotate) themselves.
Then, which planet has the shortest day or the shortest rotation process? The answer is the planet Jupiter.
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The following is the order of the planetary rotation time from the shortest to the longest:
Jupiter
According to the book Master SD/MI, Material Summary and Complete Collection of Formulas (2020) by Puspa Swara, Jupiter has a surface area of 61 billion km². Jupiter’s rotation period is 9 hours 50 minutes.
Jupiter has 63 satellites and the big ones are Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
Saturn
Saturn is a large planet and has rings around it.
This planet appears amber in color. Saturn’s rotation period is about 10.6 hours.
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Neptune
When viewed through a telescope, Neptune appears bluish in color.
Neptune’s revolution period is 164.4 years and its rotation period is 16.11 hours.
Uranus
Uranus was the first planet discovered with the help of a telescope.
This planet appears green. Uranus’s revolution period is 84 years and its rotation period is 17.2 hours.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the only planet inhabited by living things.
The Earth’s revolution is 365 days or a year, and its rotation is 24 hours.
Mars
Mars is also called the red planet, because when viewed directly with the eye or with binoculars it looks reddish.
Mars’ rotation period is 24.6 hours and its revolution period is 687 days.
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Mercury
Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. Mercury is slightly larger than the moon.
Mercury’s revolution period is 88 days and its rotation period is 59 days.
Venus
Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun, located between the orbits of Mercury and Earth.
Venus has no satellites. The revolution period of Venus is 224.7 days and the rotation period is 243 days.
That is the order of the rotation time of each planet in the solar system. Jupiter is the planet with the shortest rotation time, which is 9 hours 50 minutes.
Also read: Order of the Planets in the Solar System from Lightest Density
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2023-06-28 13:15:00
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