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Um..it depends

if the satellite rotates about the earth its synchronous rotation should be:

a whole number (usually one) (multiplied by) 1rotation/23.934hours

or simply r(1/24)---generally r (number of times it rotates per day) is going to be one

1rotation/23.934hours is the standard synchronous rotation for a satellite in the earth's orbit..the only reason i suggested multiplying a number by it, is because it may change depending on the number of times it revolves per day

Synchronous rotation is going to refer to the relationship between the orbital period of a satellite and the rotational period of the body it is orbiting; at the end of every rotational period (day) it will be in the same position in the sky, when observed from the the body it orbits.

-if you want to find out the synchronous rotation for another planetary body, just use the amount of time it takes for the body to complete a day--for some it's a little bonkos: Venus, for instance, has a day that is longer than its year (it rotates slower than it completes an annular revolution).

There are different forms of synchronous rotation but as far as finding the number, everything written above is correct; I'm not sure if the logic is faulty, but the method to derive the values is correct. The simplest answer to your question is 1 /24 or 1/23.934 revolutions per hour; 1/86164 revolutions per second; or satellite's synchronous rotation rate is 0.04178156597309267151332831954542 revolutions per hour (1/24 revolutions per 1/24 of a day)

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