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It has to do with the immense gravity of the planet causing it to force itself around itself. It is also a gas giant, and gases move faster than other states.

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Is a day on Jupiter longer on another planet or shorter?

Jupiter has the shortest "day" of any planet in the solar system.


The giant with great red spot and with extremely thin rings and has the shortest day in the solar system?

Jupiter


What are the planets from longest year to shortest year?

The approximate day lengths (with "day" defined here as the rotation period of a planet) of the planets in the solar system are:Mercury 1407.5 hoursVenus 2802 hoursEarth 24 hoursMars 24.5 hoursJupiter 10 hoursSaturn 10.5 hoursUranus 17.25 hoursNeptune 16 hoursNote that the number for Uranus is its rotation period BUT Uranus spins "on its side". Thus the time it takes for sunlight to illuminate all parts of the planet depends on its orbital period round the Sun, which is 84 years or 735840 hours.


What is the equatorial rotation speed of Jupiter?

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system rotating on average once in just under 10 hours.That is very fast especially considering how large Jupiter is. This means that Jupiter has the shortest days of all the planets in the solar system. Since Jupiter is a gas planet, it does not rotate as a solid sphere. Jupiter's equator rotates a bit faster than its polar regions at a speed of 28,273 miles/hour (about 43,000 kilometers an hour).Jupiter's day varies from 9 hours and 56 minutes around the poles to 9 hours and 50 minutes close to the equator.


What are the planets in space?

There is only one "major planet", Jupiter. Jupiter has more mass than all the other planets put together. But we think of our solar system as having eight planets (nine, if you're old like me and still count Pluto). They are, in decreasing size order, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury.

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What two planets have shortest earth day?

The planets with the shortest days are Jupiter (9 hours and 55 minutes) and Saturn (10 hours and 30 minutes.)


What planets has the fastest period rotation?

Jupiter - it has the shortest day and the fastest roational speed


Which planet of our solar system has the fastest rotation period and hence the shortest day less than 10 earth hours?

Saturn's year lasts 29.5 Earth years, however Saturn's day lasts only 10.6 Earth Hours. That is less than half of one Earth day.


Why does Jupiter have the shortest day?

It is a outer planet


Is a day on Jupiter longer on another planet or shorter?

Jupiter has the shortest "day" of any planet in the solar system.


Which planet would the time between sunrise and sunset be shortest?

Jupiter, with a day being 9.9hrs long. This is followed closely by Saturn, having a day length of just over 10 1/2hrs.


Which planet has the shortest days in a year?

The shortest planetary "day" (period of rotation) is that of the largest planet, Jupiter.With an equatorial rotation speed of over 12.6 km/sec (28,000 mph), Jupiter spins once on its axis every 9.925 Earth hours. (about 9 hours, 55 1/2 minutes)


The planet with the shortest rotation time?

Jupiter in the planet with the shortest rotation time, with a day approximately 12 hours long.


Which of the inner planets have the shortest day?

Of the four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), Earth has the shortest day at 23 hours and 56 minutes sidereal rotation period. That's the "sidereal day". The day that lasts exactly 24 hours is called the "solar day". For both "days", Earth has the shortest day.


Length of a year and day on Jupiter?

A year on Jupiter is the same as 11.86 years on Earth. Jupiter's orbit varies by 76 million kilometers and has two times the mass of all the other objects in the solar system.


What planet has got the shortest day?

Jupiter has the shortest rotational (spin) period, about 9 hours, 55 minutes, 30 seconds.


What planets have a faster revolution than the Earth?

Jupiter, Saturn Uranus and Neptune all complete one rotation in less than a day.