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Mars -- it takes 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds for a complete rotation.
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Why is earths day 24 hours long?
Chance. It depends on the rotational energy transferred to the planet back when it was being created ... less the amount that has been transferred to the moon since it was formed.
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence Can you name the planet closest to earth?
It is "closest to."
What season is it when the earths northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun?
If the northern axis or North Pole is tilted directly towards the sun, it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere. If your talking about the angle of the planet when the Northern Hemisphere is receiving direct rays, its summer. If you are asking what the Northern Hemisphere season it is when planet Earth is closest to the Sun, it's winter.
What is the outer layer of the earth called?
The crust is the outer or surface layer of the planet.
What changes the earths surface quickly?
A comet does. It hits the planet and then basically just fries the surface.-Mountainmmangeetar
What planet has a period of revolution closest to that of earths?
Uranus
Which one of these planet completes its rotation in 59-60 Earth days venus mercury mars Jupiter?
Rotation means the planet spinning about it axis. (Orbit the the path of the planet round the Sun). The planet Mercury has a rotational period of 58.646 Earth days. The planet Venus has a (retrograde) rotational period of 243.0185 Earth days. The planet Mars has a rotational period of 1.025957 Earth days. The planet Jupiter has a rotational period of 9.925 hours. Obviously Earth has a rotational period of 1 Earth day.
Which planet in the Milky Way Galaxy is similar to the planet Earths size?
Venus is closest to earths planet size.
What planet is the closest to the earths size?
Venus.
What planet has temperature closest to the earths?
Mars
What planet is considered Earth's sister planet and why?
Venus is closest to the Earths size and mass - often referred to as Earths sister or twin planet. Its also the planet that gets closest to Earth, the next one orbiting inside earths orbit.
Which planet's day is closest in length to its year?
Venus. The rotational (day) period is243.2 earth days, and the sidereal (year) period is 224.7 earth days, the only planet in our solar system that has a year that is shorter than a day.
The planet with the orbit closest to Earths orbit is?
Venus
What planet has the slowest rotational period of the outer planets?
Uranus.
What planet has a very slow rotational period?
Venus, with a rotation period of 243 days.
Rotational period of mercury?
mercury is the first planet closest to the sun which makes it the hottest. its period of revolution is 88 days.
What planet turns so slowly that one day lasts 176 earth days?
No such planet is known, but it is known that Mercury has a rotational period of 58 days and Venus has a rotational period of 243 days.
