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  2. Rotation period (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    35 days (high latitude) 25 d 9 h 7 m 11.6 s 35 d ~28 days (equatorial) [2] Mercury: 58.6462 days [3] 58 d 15 h 30 m 30 s: 176 days [4] Venus: −243.0226 days [ii] [5] −243 d 0 h 33 m: −116.75 days [6] Earth: 0.99726968 days [3] [iii] 0 d 23 h 56 m 4.0910 s: 1.00 days (24 h 00 m 00 s) Moon: 27.321661 days [7] (equal to sidereal orbital ...

  3. Neptune - Wikipedia

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    The long orbital period of Neptune means that the seasons last for forty Earth years. [109] Its sidereal rotation period (day) is roughly 16.11 hours. [ 12 ] Because its axial tilt is comparable to Earth's, the variation in the length of its day over the course of its long year is not any more extreme.

  4. Timeline of the far future - Wikipedia

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    Due to tidal deceleration gradually slowing Earth's rotation, a day on Earth is expected to be one minute longer than it is today. [12] 10 million The Red Sea will flood the widening East African Rift valley, causing a new ocean basin to divide the continent of Africa [50] and the African Plate into the newly formed Nubian Plate and the Somali ...

  5. Synodic day - Wikipedia

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    A synodic day (or synodic rotation period or solar day) is the period for a celestial object to rotate once in relation to the star it is orbiting, and is the basis of solar time. The synodic day is distinguished from the sidereal day, which is one complete rotation in relation to distant stars [1] and is the basis of sidereal time.

  6. What to know about the winter solstice, 2024's shortest day

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    The solstices are not always exactly on the 21st every year because the earth's rotation around the sun is 365.25 days, instead of 365 even. Will days start getting longer after the winter solstice?

  7. The time when a day on Earth was just 19 hours long - AOL

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    Known affectionately to scientists as the "boring billion," there was a seemingly endless period in the world's history when the length of a day stayed put. The time when a day on Earth was just ...

  8. Planetary hours - Wikipedia

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    As each day is divided into 24 hours, the first hour of a day is ruled by the planet three places down in the Chaldean order from the planet ruling the first hour of the preceding day; [2] i.e. a day with its first hour ruled by the Sun ("Sunday") is followed by a day with its first hour ruled by the Moon ("Monday"), followed by Mars ("Tuesday ...

  9. Enough about the Great Red Spot, this giant storm on Neptune ...

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