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What is the revolutin around the sun for Saturn?
It takes about 29.5 Earth years for Saturn to revolve around the Sun.More, about the Sun's rotation:At the equator the solar rotation period is 24.47 days. This is called the sidereal rotation period, and should not be confused with the synodic rotation period of 26.24 days, which is the time for a fixed feature on the Sun to rotate to the same apparent position as viewed from Earth. The synodic period is longer because the Sun must rotate for a sidereal period plus an extra amount due to the orbital motion of the Earth around the Sun. Note that astrophysical literature does not typically use the equatorial rotation period, but instead often uses the definition of a Carrington rotation: a synodic rotation period of 27.2753 days (or a sidereal period of 25.38 days). This chosen period roughly corresponds to rotation at a latitude of 26 deg, which is consistent with the typical latitude of sunspots and corresponding periodic solar activity. When the Sun is viewed from the "north" (above the Earth's northern pole) solar rotation is counterclockwise. Sunspots viewed from Earth (its Northern hemisphere) appear to move from left to right across the face of the Sun.It takes about 29.5 Earth years for Saturn to revolve around the Sun.
Mercury circles around the sun at?
88 days per synodic cycle.
Ted is exactly 28 years old He wants to determine his age in lunar yearsWrite the steps Ted should follow to determine his lunar age What is Ted's lunar age in years?
24 years times 365.24 days in a year / 29.53 days in a lunar synodic month = 296.84 lunar synodic months. Sorry, I don't know how many lunar synodic months there are in a lunar year. Someone else please finish the answer.
Which planet has the longest synodic period and why?
Mars, because it takes the longest to get from opposition to opposition, when accounting for Earth's path around the Sun/
How long does it take the moon to complete an entire moon change?
29.53 days is a synodic period. One Full Moon to the next.
What is the sun's period of rotation?
The sun has two types of period of rotation, the sidereal rotation period and the synodic rotation period. The sidereal rotation period is 24.47 days. The synodic rotation period is 26.24 days.
What is the synodic period of the moon?
The synodic period of the moon is 29.5 days.
What is the time required for a planet to complete one turn on its axis called?
It can be called a couple of different things because, believe it or not, "one turn on its axis" can mean two different things. Without getting into a long explanation, here are the basics. You can do more study if you want more details. If you are considering the rotation (turning on the axis) of earth, and you are talking about the earth rotating from one solar noon to the next solar noon, (the moment when the sun reaches its highest altitude), then you are talking about the synodic period of rotation. You are defining a rotation according to earth's relationship to the sun. The earth has to turn more than 360 degrees in order to complete a synodic rotation. In brief, this is because earth is orbiting the sun at the same time that it is rotating on its axis. Over a year these rotations take, on average, 24 hours each. The periods of synodic rotations, therefore, are called days. If you are considering the absolute rotation of earth on its axis, the way the rotation would be seen from the distant stars, then you are talking about earth's sidereal period of rotation, its absolute rotation independent of the sun. This rotation takes roughly 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds to complete.
What is the revolutin around the sun for Saturn?
It takes about 29.5 Earth years for Saturn to revolve around the Sun.More, about the Sun's rotation:At the equator the solar rotation period is 24.47 days. This is called the sidereal rotation period, and should not be confused with the synodic rotation period of 26.24 days, which is the time for a fixed feature on the Sun to rotate to the same apparent position as viewed from Earth. The synodic period is longer because the Sun must rotate for a sidereal period plus an extra amount due to the orbital motion of the Earth around the Sun. Note that astrophysical literature does not typically use the equatorial rotation period, but instead often uses the definition of a Carrington rotation: a synodic rotation period of 27.2753 days (or a sidereal period of 25.38 days). This chosen period roughly corresponds to rotation at a latitude of 26 deg, which is consistent with the typical latitude of sunspots and corresponding periodic solar activity. When the Sun is viewed from the "north" (above the Earth's northern pole) solar rotation is counterclockwise. Sunspots viewed from Earth (its Northern hemisphere) appear to move from left to right across the face of the Sun.It takes about 29.5 Earth years for Saturn to revolve around the Sun.
How many more sidereal months than synodic months are there a year?
1 more sidereal month than synodic month
Synodic period of the moon?
29.530588 days.
How long does it taks earth to rotate?
One Day, or 24 hours. Twenty four hours is the rough and commonly understood period of rotation, since we know that a day of universal time is exactly 24 hours in length. But to be more precise, a sidereal rotation of the earth (exactly 360 degrees as observed from the distant stars) takes 23 hours, 56 minutes and about 4.1 seconds. To understand how this can be so, research the difference between sidereal and synodic periods of rotation.
About how long does it take the moon to rotate on its axis?
The moon takes 29.5 days to complete one synodic cycle. This cycle is what we observe from earth, and it is the cycle we would measure from, say, one full moon to the next. However, by the time a synodic cycle ends, the moon has rotated a little more than 360 degrees. This is hard to grasp and takes some time and thought. The rotation of bodies that are orbiting other bodies always presents a need to distinguish between synodic and sidereal rotation. The true, 360 degree sidereal rotation of the moon takes 27.32 earth days. See links on the moon, and on synodic and sidereal periods. Note: Many erroneously conclude that since the same face of the moon always orients toward earth this means that the moon cannot be rotating. However, if you imagine observing from the north the orbiting of the moon around the earth (the moon does orbit the earth-- another idea that some people don't believe), the only way that the same face orients toward earth is for the moon's orbital and rotational periods to be the same. The moon is tidally locked with earth, and this is what causes the orbital and rotational periods to be the same. The face of the moon does in fact change a little due to the phenomenon called libration, a topic beyond the scope of the question. == ==Jeremiah Deem Tulsa - 27.322 days
Mercury circles around the sun at?
88 days per synodic cycle.
How long is the sun's day?
The length of a planet's day is time of one rotation relative to the Sun. So of course that definition has no meaning for the Sun itself. But the Sun does rotate, and that rotation can be timed, although as a gaseous body its rotational rate is irregular. Additionally, the Sun's "day," or period of one rotation, is different depending on which viewpoint is used, the Sun's or ours. # The sidereal rotation period, the time for one complete revolution of the points on the Sun's equator from the Sun's point of view, is about 25.38 Earth days. # The synodic rotation period, the time for a point on the Sun to make one rotation as viewed from the moving Earth, is about 27.2753 Earth days. You may see Related Links for more on this subject.
What's the difference between a sidereal year and a synodic year?
A sidereal year is measured based on the planet's position in space relative to the background stars. A synodic year is measured based on the planet's position relative to the star it rotates around (i.e. the sun) Here's an image that is pretty helpful in visualizing.
What is the difference between a sidereal month and and a synodic month?
A sidereal month is the time it takes the moon to complete one orbit of earth. A synodic month is longer than a sidereal month because it takes longer for the moon to go through it's phases
