Why does Jupiter rotate faster than any other planet?

Answer 1

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system rotating on average once in just under 10 hours. That is very fast especially considering how large Jupiter is. This means that Jupiter has the shortest days of all the planets in the solar system. Since Jupiter is a gas planet, it does not rotate as a solid sphere. Jupiter's equator rotates a bit faster than its polar regions at a speed of 28,273 miles/hour (about 43,000 kilometers/hour). Jupiter's day varies from 9 hours and 56 minutes around the poles to 9 hours and 50 minutes close to the equator.

Answer 2

Someone replied "No It doen't!!"

In fact it does spin faster than the other planets. The previous respondent may have been thinking about the orbital speed of the planet. The orbital speed is a function of the distance from the Sun so the Jupiter year is very long. However, the Jovian day is only about 9 hours. The reason for the high rate of rotation of the gas giants is not well understood but the theory is that they were formed through the orderly collapse of a rotating gas cloud so that the angular momemtem of the cloud was preserved during the collapse. In contrast, the inner planets are thought to have been formed through a series of fairly random collisions with bodies traveling in different directions and with different spins. This led to the spins of the bodies canceling each other out, to some extent resulting in a slower resulting spin.

Answer 3

Jupiter is a huge planet, if it rotates slowly it might fall down. it's like when you're spinning a pebble that you tied to a string. when you move the string and spin it, the pebble will move in a circular motion, it will keep moving as long as you move/spin the string. but when you stop moving the string, the pebble will fall down because it has no force that support it. the same thing applied to Jupiter. if it stops moving, it will fall to the universe, and probably milky way will loss its stability (because Jupiter has strong gravity that keeps a lot of things in our galaxy stays in its place).

Answer 4

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system rotating on average once in just under 10 hours. That is very fast especially considering how large Jupiter is. This means that Jupiter has the shortest days of all the planets in the solar system. Since Jupiter is a gas planet, it does not rotate as a solid sphere. Jupiter's equator rotates a bit faster than its polar regions at a speed of 28,273 miles/hour (about 43,000 kilometers/hour). Jupiter's day varies from 9 hours and 56 minutes around the poles to 9 hours and 50 minutes close to the equator.