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  2. Rotation period (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    Rotation period with respect to distant stars, the sidereal rotation period (compared to Earth's mean Solar days) Synodic rotation period (mean Solar day) Apparent rotational period viewed from Earth Sun [i] 25.379995 days (Carrington rotation) 35 days (high latitude) 25 d 9 h 7 m 11.6 s 35 d ~28 days (equatorial) [2] Mercury: 58.6462 days [3 ...

  3. Saturn - Wikipedia

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    With an average orbital speed of 9.68 km/s, [6] it takes Saturn 10,759 Earth days (or about 29 + 1 ⁄ 2 years) [86] to finish one revolution around the Sun. [6] As a consequence, it forms a near 5:2 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. [87] The elliptical orbit of Saturn is inclined 2.48° relative to the orbital plane of the Earth. [6]

  4. Seasons on planets - Wikipedia

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    5.1 Direction of north pole / rotation axis of Solar ... hence their duration is different if the year duration in Earth days is different. ... Saturn: 40.59 +83.54 ...

  5. At long last, scientists have determined how long Saturn’s ...

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    You just pick a landmark and wait for it to reach the exact same point twice in its rotation and you have your answer. ... Mankovich was able to determine that a single day on Saturn lasts 10 ...

  6. Atmospheric super-rotation - Wikipedia

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    This behavior is observed in the atmospheres of Venus, Titan, Jupiter, and Saturn. Venus exhibits the most extreme super-rotation, with its atmosphere circling the planet in four Earth days, much faster than the planet's own rotation of 243 Earth days.

  7. Sidereal time - Wikipedia

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    The slightly longer stellar period is measured as the Earth rotation angle (ERA), formerly the stellar angle. [4] An increase of 360° in the ERA is a full rotation of the Earth. A sidereal day on Earth is approximately 86164.0905 seconds (23 h 56 min 4.0905 s or 23.9344696 h).

  8. Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once - AOL

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    The 23-degree tilt of the Earth’s axis would have caused the ring to present its surface to the sun, casting a shadow in the atmosphere and on the ground below and causing global temperatures to ...

  9. Earth ring theory may shed light on an unexplained ancient ...

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    Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature could explain a climate shift at the time. ... A Saturn-like ring on Earth ...