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What does period of rotation mean?
Period of rotation is the time taken for an object to complete exactly one revolution around another object, like the earth rotating around the sun or the moon rotating around the earth.
What is time time taken by moon to complete one rotation?
The moon takes approximately 27.3 days to complete one rotation on its axis. This period is known as its sidereal rotation period and is the same as its orbital period around the Earth.
What is the time that a planet takes to make a complete revolution around the sun is called?
Period of rotation
What is the time taken by the sun for one rotation on its axis?
One day
What is the orbit time for mars to revolve around the sun?
It takes about 88 earth days to make one complete rotation around the sun.
What does rotational period mean?
Period of rotation is the time taken for an object to complete exactly one revolution around another object, like the earth rotating around the sun or the moon rotating around the earth.
What is the difference between a planet's period of rotation and period of revolution?
All planets in our solar system vary in the time it takes them to complete a revolution. This is due to their differing distances from the sun. As far as rotation goes, the time varies from nine hours and fifty minutes for Jupiter to 244 days for Venus to make a like rotation.
What is the time taken by venus for 1 rotation?
Venus rotates very slowly on its axis, taking about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation. This means that a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus, as it only takes around 225 Earth days for Venus to complete one orbit around the Sun.
What is a year in terms of the earth's rotation?
A year is the amount of time it takes the Earth to make one complete revolution around the Sun.
What does the term day mean for a planet?
In general terms a day for a planet is the time taken for the planet to make on rotation on its own axis. Likewise a year for a planet is the time taken for the planet to make one orbit (rotation round) its primary star. Where a planet is tidally locked to its primary, the day length and the year length will be the same, such that the planet keeps one face permanently towards it primary (like the Moon does to the Earth).
Time taken for Neptune to make one orbit around the sun?
165 earth years
How long does it take for the moon to make 1 rotation?
27.3217 days. This is known as the moon's sidereal rotation period. The time between full moons is longer because the earth is going around the sun.
