Sunday, May 15, 2022

List of Solar System planets by rotation period

This post is a list of Solar System planets by rotation period on its own axis. There are 8 planets listed below by shortest to longest rotation period. Source: NASA

  • Mercury: 1,408 hours (58 Earth days)
  • Venus: 5,832 hours (243 Earth days)
  • Earth: 24 hours
  • Mars: 25 hours
  • Jupiter: 10 hours
  • Saturn: 11 hours
  • Uranus: 17 hours
  • Neptune: 16 hours