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  2. Great Red Spot - Wikipedia

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    Time-lapse sequence from the approach of Voyager 1 to Jupiter in 1979, showing the motion of atmospheric bands, and the circulation of the Great Red Spot. The momentary black spots are shadows cast by Jupiter's moons. Jupiter's Great Red Spot rotates counterclockwise, with a period of about 4.5 Earth days, [24] or 11 Jovian

  3. Rotation period (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, the rotation period or spin period [1] of a celestial object (e.g., star, planet, moon, asteroid) has two definitions. The first one corresponds to the sidereal rotation period (or sidereal day ), i.e., the time that the object takes to complete a full rotation around its axis relative to the background stars ( inertial space ).

  4. Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly less than one-thousandth the mass of the Sun.

  5. Jupiter actually does not orbit the sun - AOL

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  6. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2011 November 13

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    why does Jupiter rotate round its axis so fast? [ edit ] its period is the planet's shortest, at 9h 50m 30.0s -- Akbarmohammadzade ( talk ) 09:49, 13 November 2011 (UTC) [ reply ] we are preparing new results for way of explaining reason of Jupiter’s' fast rotation.--

  7. Orbital period - Wikipedia

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    It may also refer to the time it takes a satellite orbiting a planet or moon to complete one orbit. For celestial objects in general, the orbital period is determined by a 360° revolution of one body around its primary, e.g. Earth around the Sun. Periods in astronomy are expressed in units of time, usually hours, days, or years.

  8. Kepler's laws of planetary motion - Wikipedia

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    The ratio of Planet 1's orbit time to Planet 2's is (/) / . Part of a series on ... The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the ... Jupiter 5.20336 ...

  9. Jupiter entered Gemini on May 25. What does that mean for ...

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    From May 25, 2024 to June 9, 2025, the expensive planet Jupiter will be transiting the sign of Gemini for the first time in 12 years. Jupiter will stay in the air sign for the next 12 months ...