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The Earth rotates on its axis in one day. Strictly speaking that's the "sidereal day" not the "solar day".
Also, by definition, each planet rotates once in a period that's the "sidereal day" for that particular planet.
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Does the earth rotates on its axis in a single day?
The earth rotated on its axis in 24 hours (one day). The earth also rotates around the sun in 365 days (one year). Not quite. The Earth rotates once on its axis with respect to the background stars in about23 hours 56 minutes (sidereal day). It rotates with respect to the sun only in 24 hours (solar day).
Which Fastest Planet?
Jupiter is the planet that rotates the fastest. It completes one rotation on its axis every 9.9 hours, and is also the biggest.
Does earth spin every day on its axis?
Yes, every 24 hours the earth rotates on its axis once. This is one day.
Which planet rotates rapidly?
Jupiter rotates on its axis most rapidly out of all of the planets, 9h 55m 30s for one full spin. Haumea is a small dwarf planet, it rotates once in only 3h 54m 56s
What planet requires one earth year to rotate on its axis?
There is no such planet known. The planet with the longest rotation period is Venus. That rotates in about 243 Earth days.
What is one complete turn of a planet on its axis(one day)?
A day.
What is one complete turn of a planet one its axis?
A day.
What would cause the solar day to be shorter than the sidereal day?
The sidereal day of a planet is the time it takes to rotate once on it's axis. The solar day is the time from sunrise to sunset. To see why they are different, let's image a planet that rotates very slowly. Every time it goes around its star once, it also rotates once on its axis. Since it rotates once on its axis per year, there is one sidereal day per year. Now, in order for this to work, one side of the planet must be facing the star at all times. This means that there is no sunrise or sunset, so on this planet, there are zero solar days in a year. Now let's image a planet that rotates twice a year (has two sidereal days a year). At the beginning of the year, a side of that planet is facing the star. Halfway through that year, the planet has rotates once, but is on the other side of the star, so that side of the planet is now facing away from the star. At the end of the year, the planet is back where it started. There has been one sunrise and one sunset, so only one solar day. From this we can see that a planet (as long as it has at least one sidereal day per year) has one more sidereal day per year than solar day per year. There are 365.242 solar days in an Earth year, but there are 366.242 sidereal days in an Earth year.
One complete turn of a planet on its axis is what?
A day.
Does an artificial satellite rotate in its own axis or does it just revolve around the planet?
A Planet rotates on it axis.(For Earth, the axis of rotation runs between the North and South Poles.)Planets orbit the sun.Planets are in orbit around the Sun.Planets revolve around the sun.Planets revolve on their axis of rotation.So, the point is that it is sloppy to just say a planet rotates or revolves and one should specify the axis relative to which one is discussing rotation or revolution.Orbits, are pretty clear though.
What happens to the planets during a day?
The term "day" applies to the duration of one rotation of the planet on its own axis. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. The rotational motion is attributed to the intrinsic angular momentum of the body, acquired during its formation. By contrast, a year would be the duration of one orbit of the planet around the Sun.
Is an axis one full orbit of an object around another object?
No, an axis is the line between the north pole and the south pole that the planet rotates about in its daily rotation.
