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The Earth spins around its axis each day, not each year. That is why the Sun "rises" and "sets". One Earth year it the time it takes the Earth to travel 360 degrees around the Sun. I say Earth year because each planet has its own length of year due to different distances from the Sun and different rates of travel. But your answer in short is no, a day is the amount of time it takes for a planet to rotate on its axis.
Comment: The rotation period of a planet is called a "sidereal day". There is also the "solar day" which is based on the time it takes the Sun to complete one apparent journey around the sky. That depends on a planet's orbital motion as well as on its rotation period.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoDay
A planet's DAY is determined by the speed at which it spins, that is, its rotation. The day can be expressed as absolute (siderial) or as a solar day (time from sunrise to sunrise). Except for Mercury, Venus, and possibly Uranus, both types of days are about the same length. (Strangely, the planet Mars has a day very close to that of Earth : 24.6 Earth hours.)
Year
A planet's YEAR is the length of time it takes to make one full orbit around the Sun, which is a revolution. The farther a planet is from the Sun, the longer its orbit and the slower it moves in that orbit. Planetary years can be expressed in Earth days and Earth years for convenience because the day length is also different from Earth's.
*All of the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction (counter-clockwise as seen from the arbitrary north, or "above" the orbital plane). Venus is the only planet that spins, and very slowly, in a clockwise direction. Uranus is "tipped on its side" toward the Sun, so its rotation does not provide a typical solar day.
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∙ 9y agoHere are the rotation periods. They are also called "sidereal days".
The times for Jupiter and the other "gas giants" are slightly approximate.
Mercury: 58.647 Earth days
Venus: 243.0185 Earth days
Earth: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds
Mars: 24 hours 37 minutes 22 seconds
Jupiter: 9 hours 55 minutes
Saturn: 10 hours 35 minutes
Uranus: 17 hours 14 minutes
Neptune: 16 hours 6 minutes
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∙ 6y agoA planetary year is the time for the planet to complete one complete orbit about its star.
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∙ 14y agoThe rotation of a planet on its axis determines its day. The time a planet takes to orbit the sun determines its year.
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∙ 14y agoA planetary year is the time for the planet to complete one complete orbit abot its star.
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∙ 14y agoYes.
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What determines the path of a planet around the sun?
The orbit determines the path of a planet around the sun. The closer a planetâ??s orbit is to the Sun, the more rapid is the planetâ??s motion.
What determines the length of the planets year?
The eight planets are in order in their various places. If a planet is closer to the Sun, it will have a shorter orbit and therefore will take less time to complete its orbit. If a planet is farther away from the Sun, it will have a longer orbit and will take more time to complete its orbit. For example, Earth, the third planet from the Sun and takes just a year to revolutionize it, but since Uranus, the seventh planet, is farther away from the Sun, it will take 81 years to complete its orbit.
What determines a planet?
The definition of a planet has a wide range of different types of bodies. A planet in this solar system will refer to a body that orbits the sun.
What determines how many moons a planet has?
The number of moons a planet has is a natural phenomena that cannot be explained. The moons are there because a significant amount of debris is caught in the planet's gravitational field.
What determines how much gravity on a planet has?
Its mass. More mass=more gravity Also the distance from the planet's center to its surface, i.e. its radius.
What determines the length of an entire year on a planet?
The time it takes for any given planet to make one complete revolution around its sun determines the length of its year.
What property of a planet determines its length of year?
The time it takes to go around its solar systems sun.
What determines how long it takes a planet to revolve around the sun?
The speed at which the planet moves and its distance from the sun both impact how long it takes to go around the sun. The bigger the orbit , the longer the planet's year.
What Determines the day for a planet?
blue paper
What determines a planet's length of a month?
The concept of a "month" doesn't really apply to any planet except the Earth. On Earth the month is closely connected to the Phases of our Moon. A month is not like a "day" or a "year" which depend on times of rotation and revolution of a planet.
What determines a planet's seasons?
Distance from the sun during rotation.
What cycle determines a day on a planet?
one rotation of its sun
What determines the path of a planet around the sun?
The orbit determines the path of a planet around the sun. The closer a planetâ??s orbit is to the Sun, the more rapid is the planetâ??s motion.
What determines the length of the planets year?
The eight planets are in order in their various places. If a planet is closer to the Sun, it will have a shorter orbit and therefore will take less time to complete its orbit. If a planet is farther away from the Sun, it will have a longer orbit and will take more time to complete its orbit. For example, Earth, the third planet from the Sun and takes just a year to revolutionize it, but since Uranus, the seventh planet, is farther away from the Sun, it will take 81 years to complete its orbit.
What determines the length of day on a planet?
How long it spins on it's axis
How are the planets distances from the sun generally related to the length of their year and their period of revolution?
The distance a planet is from the Sun relates to the length of the planet's year because it determines the time it takes for the planet to complete one revolution around the Sun. A planet's "year" is the time taken to orbit the Sun once. The further a planet is from the Sun, the further it must travel to complete an orbit. Also, a planet moves more slowly when it is further from the Sun. The mathematical equation for all this is given by Kepler's "Third Law of Planetary Motion". Earth takes about 365.25 days to complete a revolution. So, our year is 365 days with 366 days in a "leap year".
How are planets distances from the sun generally related to the length of their year and their period of revolution?
The distance a planet is from the Sun relates to the length of the planet's year because it determines the time it takes for the planet to complete one revolution around the Sun. A planet's "year" is the time taken to orbit the Sun once. The further a planet is from the Sun, the further it must travel to complete an orbit. Also, a planet moves more slowly when it is further from the Sun. The mathematical equation for all this is given by Kepler's "Third Law of Planetary Motion". Earth takes about 365.25 days to complete a revolution. So, our year is 365 days with 366 days in a "leap year".
