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If a planet orbits the sun but does not rotate on its axis at all how long would a day be on that planet?
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∙ 13y ago
That depends on what you're asking. If it has no rotation, as in, it faces a fixed point in space, the day and night would each be half the length of its orbital period, or year. For the Earth, that would be 6 months.
However, that is pretty much impossible. What normally happens is that for various reasons, planetary rotation slows until one face remains tidally locked toward the star. In that case, one side has perpetual day, the other perpetual night.
There's also a 3:2 resonance where the planet appears to rotate backward, like Venus.
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Which planet does not rotate on a top to bottom axis?
Uranus
What is true about Pluto -Pluto orbits is the third longest- Pluto is considered a terrestrial planet- Pluto does not rotate around its axis or Pluto has a tilted orbit?
Pluto has a tilted orbit (compared with the average plane of the orbits of the other planets). Also, Pluto would be considered a "terrestrial planet", but it is not now defined as a planet. It's just called a "dwarf planet" now.
One complete turn of a planet on its axis?
It is not an orbit, it is a ROTATE.
Are there any planets that do not spin?
Yes. The moon rotates in relation to the stars, so it has an axis of rotation.
What makes the moon a satellite?
I believe because it orbits the earth and does not rotate or turn on an axis. You always see the same side of the moon.
Which planet rotate on in axis?
All the planets rotate on their axes and it would be a very unusual thing to find a planet that did not rotate.
What does the planet rotate on?
an axis
What is different about how the planets rotate on there axis?
Unlike their orbits around the sun - which was inherent in the way the planets were formed - their rotation speeds and axis of rotation is random and is dependent on each planet's history of collisions.
Does mercury orbit or rotate?
It does both. It orbits the sun and rotates on its axis.
Which one goess around an axis which one goes around an orbits?
"Rotate" on an axis. "Revolve" in an orbit.
Does Every planet rotate on its axis?
Yer m8
Which planet does not rotate on a top to bottom axis?
Uranus
What planet orbits on a side axis as it travels around the?
Uranus
What planets have bodies that rotate on an axis?
The planet Earth is the only planet with rotisseries.
What is true about Pluto -Pluto orbits is the third longest- Pluto is considered a terrestrial planet- Pluto does not rotate around its axis or Pluto has a tilted orbit?
Pluto has a tilted orbit (compared with the average plane of the orbits of the other planets). Also, Pluto would be considered a "terrestrial planet", but it is not now defined as a planet. It's just called a "dwarf planet" now.
Does planet mercury rotate about its own axis?
Yes, the planet Mercury rotates on its own axis, as do all the known planets. Mercury's rotation is peculiar in that it evidences spin-orbit resonance, rotating three times for every two orbits around the Sun, an effect stabilized by the eccentricity of its orbit.
Does every planet rotate on its own axis?
Yes from the wickipedia .
