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Rotation period

In astronomy, a rotation period is the time an astronomical object takes to complete one revolution around its rotation axis.

Rotation period of selected objects

Mercury 58.6462 d (58 d 15.5088 h)
Venus −243.0185 d
Earth 0.997 268 d (23.9344 h) (86 164 s)
Moon 27.321 661 d (synchronous)
Mars 1.025 957 d (24.622 962 h)
Jupiter 0.413 538 021 d (9 h 55 min 29.685 s)
Saturn 0.444 009 259 2 d (10 h 39 min 22.400 00 s)
Uranus −0.718 333 333 d (17 h 14 min 24.000 00 s)
Neptune 0.671 250 00 d (16 h 6 min 36.000 00 s)
Pluto −6.387 d (6 d 9 h 17.6 min)

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