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Is a day on a planet the time it takes it to rotates around its axis?
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∙ 12y ago
For the Earth and most other planets - nearly, but not quite. An apparent day is the time taken for the sun to appear over the same spot again (24 hours later for the Earth). In most cases, this is pretty much the time taken for the planet to rotate once on its axis.
But it gets complicated as during the rotation, the planet has progress (orbited) slightly around the sun, so the angles have changed a little, meaning that the planet has to rotate a little longer for the sun to appear in the same spot again - for the Earth (for example) it has to do one and a bit revolutions relative to the background stars for the sun to appear in the same place.
It gets complicated for Venus and Mercury, which have very slow axial rotation periods compared to their quick times taken to orbit the sun.
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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.
What is a planets axis?
A planet's axis is the imaginary line that the planet rotates around, like spinning top.
What a planet rotates on?
It rotates on its axis.
Motions of the moon?
Moon moves around the planet Earth in an orbit and rotates on its own axis. It takes moon around 28 days to move around the planet Earth. Normally, the moon takes around 27 days to rotate on its axis.
What is an axis of rotation?
An axis of rotation is the axis around which any body rotates, or the line joining the North Pole and the South Pole about which the planet Earth rotates on a daily basis.
Which planet revolves around the sun than rotates an its axis?
That would be planet Venus.
Is every planet rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun?
sure
What planet revolves around the sun in less than it rotates around its axis?
Venus.
What is a planetary axis?
A planetary axis is the imaginary line or pole through the center of the planet which defines the point around which the planet rotates, or spins.
Which planet revolves around the sun in less than it rotates around it's axis?
venus
Which planet revolves around sun less in time than it rotates around its axis?
venus
Which planet revolves around the sun in less time than it rotates around it axis?
Venus
