What is the rotation period of each planet?
The Days (And Years) Of Our Lives
| Planet | Rotation Period | Revolution Period |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 58.6 days | 87.97 days |
| Venus | 243 days | 224.7 days |
| Earth | 0.99 days | 365.26 days |
| Mars | 1.03 days | 1.88 years |
What planet has the fastest period of rotation?
Jupiter
Which is the slowest planet in the universe?
Venus is the slowest – it rotates once every 243 days —- by far the slowest rotation period of any of the major planets. A Venusian sidereal day thus lasts more than a Venusian year (243 versus 224.7 Earth days).
What is the fastest moving planet?
Mercury
Which planet spins the second fastest?
Saturn
Why Jupiter spins so fast?
When Jupiter formed, it accreted its atmosphere (over 95% of the planet’s total mass!) from the hydrogen and helium gas in the protoplanetary disk surrounding our Sun. As Jupiter ate up this gas mass, it must have begun to spin faster as it also ate up the gas’s angular momentum.
What is Jupiter’s nickname?
the Gas Giant
What is the nickname of Earth?
Earth has a number of nicknames, including the Blue Planet, Gaia, Terra, and “the world” – which reflects its centrality to the creation stories of every single human culture that has ever existed.
What is the nickname of Saturn?
Ringed Planet
What is Jupiter’s symbol?
Astrological planets
| Name | Text | Symbol represents |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | ♃ | Jupiter’s thunderbolt or eagle |
| Saturn | ♄ | Saturn’s sickle |
| Uranus | ♅ | H in symbol taken from discoverer’s last name, Herschel |
| ⛢ | Derived from a combination of the Mars and Sun symbols |
What is the god Jupiter’s power?
The Romans attributed Jupiter with all the powers of the heavens namely rain, thunder, and his primary weapon, lightning (Smith, 1867, p. 659). In the heavens, Jupiter is the prevailing force- “he frowns and Olympus trembles; he smiles, and the sky brightens” (Dwight, 1855, p.
What God rules Mars?
Mars was the Roman god of war and second only to Jupiter in the Roman pantheon. Although most of the myths involving the god were borrowed from the Greek god of war Ares, Mars, nevertheless, had some features which were uniquely Roman.
What does Jupiter represent spiritually?
The planet Jupiter is concerned with thinking, an abstract mind, and higher learning. Jupiter gives a desire for exploration in both a spiritual and intellectual sense. The planet will look at the world with a sense of optimism. Jupiter is connected with luck and good fortune and for good reason.