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How is the atmosphere of a planet affected by the rotation rate?
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∙ 11y ago
faster rotation = stronger winds
Edit: The answer is not that simple, as is so often the case.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoI personally think that the rotation rate of a planet is related to its mass, but not sure. I suggest you to search this issue in Wikipedia.
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∙ 11y agoNothing will happen the atmosphere of Earth does not change when it rotates.
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∙ 11y agoThis depends on a number of factors, including the size of the particular black hole in question.
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∙ 12y agoit has to do with suns gravitational pull
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What is the relationship between the length of a planet's day and the rate of planet's rotation?
Yes; the faster the planet rotates, the shorter its day will be.
What single change to Planet Z's characteristics would cause it to have strong winds and violent storms?
faster rotation rate
What planet has a rate of rotation that is 24.5 hours?
Mars rotates in about 24 hours 37 minutes. That's about 24.5 hours.
Is it true or false that Jupiter spins faster than any planet?
True. Jupiter has the fastest rotation rate of any planet in our solar system. It completes one rotation on its axis in about 9.9 hours, making it the fastest spinning planet.
What criteria are the planet placed into either the jovian or terrestial groups?
The criteria used to distinguish between the Jovian and terrestrial planets are size, density, com­­posi­tion, and rate of rotation.
What planet in your solar system has the fastest rotation rate?
the answer is Jupiter
What is the relationship between the length of a planet's day and the rate of planet's rotation?
Yes; the faster the planet rotates, the shorter its day will be.
What planet has the slowest rate?
The Planet Venus has the slowest rotation rate because one day there is longer than the year on Venus or longer than its revolution around the sun.
What is Jupiters surface or atmosphere like?
When we look at Jupiter, whether it be through a telescope, or from spacecraft images. shows not the surface of the planet, but the atmosphere. The atmosphere appears as alternating bands of light regions, called zones, and dark regions called belts, that run parallel to the equator. The zones are higher in altitude than the belts, and are correspondingly lower in temperature. It is believed that the belts represent descending areas of low pressure. Jupiter radiates heat energy out to space by way of convection. The zones carry energy to the surface and then cool, and sink again. It was the markings in Jupiter's clouds that first allowed astronomers to measure the giant planets' rate of rotation. As it turns out, the rotation rate varies with latitude. Near the equator the rotation rate is 9 hours 50 minutes. At the poles, the planet rotates in 9 hours 55 minutes. This varied rate is known as differential rotation. The Earth is solid and all parts rotate at the same rate. Jupiter is not solid, and such a fast rotation, with speeds at the equator of 43,000 km/hr, causes the planet to flatten at the poles. It is this same high rate of rotation that powers the atmosphere, and causes it to stretch into the bands we see. Jet streams form between the boundaries of the belts and zones which create disturbances. These jet streams are very fast, over 3 times the speed of the fastest jet stream on Earth. These disturbances may be short lived, or they might last for many hundreds of years.
What single change to Planet Z's characteristics would cause it to have strong winds and violent storms?
faster rotation rate
What planet has a rate of rotation that is 24.5 hours?
Mars rotates in about 24 hours 37 minutes. That's about 24.5 hours.
Is it true or false that Jupiter spins faster than any planet?
True. Jupiter has the fastest rotation rate of any planet in our solar system. It completes one rotation on its axis in about 9.9 hours, making it the fastest spinning planet.
What planet has the slowest rotation rate?
The velocity of a planet around the sun is inversely related to the distance from the sun. So the slowest planets are the ones farthest out. If you consider Pluto a planet, it takes the longest time to revolve around the sun. If you do not consider Pluto a planet, then Neptune would be the farthest planet from the sun and takes the longest time to revolve around the sun.
How long does it take for a planet to complete one turn?
It depends on which one. Ours is 24 hours, but a day is different elsewhere dependant on size & rate of rotation
What criteria are the planet placed into either the jovian or terrestial groups?
The criteria used to distinguish between the Jovian and terrestrial planets are size, density, com­­posi­tion, and rate of rotation.
Jupiter's furious rate of spin causes what to happen?
Jupiter's rapid rotation rate causes its equator to bulge out and its poles to be flattened. It looks a bit like a squashed ball; the planet is seven percent larger at the equator than at the poles.
What is the length of Saturn's daily rotation?
The Overall Rotation of the PlanetSince Saturn does not have a solid surface, it is difficult to define a rotation period for the planet as a whole. Different portions of its visible "surface", which represent different circulation systems in its atmosphere, move around its axis at different rates, according to whether they have westward or eastward motions relative to the overall rotation of the planet. "System I", which refers to the Equatorial region, has a rotation rate of around 10 hours 14 minutes, while "System II", which refers to non-Equatorial regions, has a rotation rate of around 10 hours 39 minutes. There is also a "System III" rotation, which refers to the rate of rotation of the planet's radio emissions, which was once thought to refer to the rotation of the "body" of the planet, and at the time of the Voyager flybys, was around 10 hours 39 minutes. However, in the years since then, the System III rotation period has increased to 10 hours 45 minutes, indicating that it is not associated with the "real" rotation of the planet. Alterations in the position of the radio field, and in the plasma field surrounding the planet (possibly caused by geyser eruptions on Enceladus), are thought to be responsible for the change in the System III rotation rate; but whatever the cause of these changes, they cannot be due to a change in the rotation of the body of the planet. So the once-hoped-for fundamental nature of the System III rotation period has been disproved, and there is no currently conceivable way of estimating the "real" rotation of the planet as a whole. A recent compilation of results yields a rotation period of 10 hours 32 minutes 35 seconds; but this value is like the proverbial two point something children per American family -- it may be mathematically useful, but it cannot be representative of any real family, since no family can contain a fraction of a child. In the same way, the compiled rotation period may be useful for some calculations (e.g., the comparison of roation period and day length mentioned below), but it has no correspondence to any real part of Saturn.Regardless of these uncertainties, there is no doubt that Saturn has the second-fastest rotation rate of any planet, both in terms of its rotation period, and the speed of its rotation at the Equator, which is just under 10 kilometers per second, or about 35000 kilometers per hour (or just under 6 miles per second, or about 22000 miles per hour). Only Jupiter has a faster rotational velocity or rotation period.Difference Between Rotation Period and Day LengthSince the rotation period of Saturn is so uncertain, the difference between its rotation period and day length is, for all practical purposes, unimportant; but as discussed at Rotation Period and Day Length, given its rapid rotation and long orbital period, the difference between the two values is only about one second. So no matter where you are on Saturn, whatever the local rotation period is, the length of the day is one second longer.The Rotational Tilt of SaturnThe axis of Saturn's rotation is tilted relative to its orbit by just under 27 degrees. This means that insofar as Saturn has seasons, they would be similar to those on the Earth, being relatively minor at the Equator, relatively extreme at the Poles, and in-between at in-between latitudes. However, since Saturn's temperature is over 200 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, even its warmest summers are very cold by Earthly standards, and seasons as we know them do not exist.Despite the lack of obvious seasonal effects, the tilt of Saturn's axis does produce a very easily observable effect, because the ring system of the planet and the orbits of virtually all of the planet's moons are very closely aligned to the planet's Equatorial plane. Therefore, as discussed at The Rings of Saturn, when we see Saturn near one of its polar summers, we see the rings from above or below, as a broad, spectacular oval; whereas when we see Saturn near the start of its spring or fall (as we do in 2008 and 2009), the rings are barely visible, due to our nearly edge-on view
