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Rotation is the time needed for a planet to rotate around itself or axis Revolution is time needed to orbit aroung the Sun. For example Earth rotation is 24 hours and its revolution is 365 dayz.
Rotation is used to denote the turning of a body on its axis.

I.e. The rotational period of Neptune is 16 hours, as opposed to that of Earth which is 24 hours.

Revolution is used to denote the movement of one body around another.

I.e. The Moon makes a complete revolution about the Earth about every 27 days.

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