In astronomy, the rotation period or spin period of a celestial object (e.g., star, planet, moon, asteroid) has two definitions. The first one corresponds...
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Earth's rotation or Earth's spin is the rotation of planet Earth around its own axis, as well as changes in the orientation of the rotation axis in space...
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Period of Rotation mey refer to: Rotation period (astronomy) Rotational frequency This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Period...
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Sidereal time (redirect from Sidereal rotation period)
if the day is defined as a sidereal day (also known as the sidereal rotation period). This is similar to how the time kept by a sundial (Solar time) can...
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Rotation or rotational motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as an axis of rotation. A plane figure can rotate in...
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Synodic day (redirect from Synodic rotation period)
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...
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Tidal locking (redirect from Synchronous rotation)
change in its rotation rate over the course of a complete orbit. In the case where a tidally locked body possesses synchronous rotation, the object takes...
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increases. The solar rotation period is 25.67 days at the equator and 33.40 days at 75 degrees of latitude. The Carrington rotation[clarification needed]...
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rotational frequency is the rotation period or period of rotation, T=ν−1=n−1, with dimension of time (SI unit seconds). Rotational velocity is the vector quantity...
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Saturn (redirect from Rotation of Saturn)
rotation period of Saturn had increased appreciably, to approximately 10h 45m 45s ± 36s. An estimate of Saturn's rotation (as an indicated rotation rate...
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an orbit around another Rotation period, the time needed for one object to complete a revolution Wavelength, the spatial period of a periodic wave Sentence...
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Neptune (redirect from Rotation of Neptune)
for example, even the rotation period of Neptune remained uncertain. Cruikshank, D.P. (1 March 1978). "On the rotation period of Neptune". Astrophysical...
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Venus (section Orbit and rotation)
rotation period measured with Magellan spacecraft data over a 500-day period is smaller than the rotation period measured during the 16-year period between...
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Uranus (redirect from Rotation of Uranus)
of 82.23° with a retrograde rotation period of 17 hours and 14 minutes. This means that in an 84-Earth-year orbital period around the Sun, its poles get...
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Mercury (planet) (redirect from Mercury's orbit and rotation)
Mercury's rotational period was 88 days, the same as its orbital period due to tidal locking. This phenomenon is known as synchronous rotation. The effort...
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2004 FH (section Rotation period)
Pravec, Stefano Sposetti and Raoul Behrend. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 0.0504 hours (3.02 minutes) with a brightness amplitude of 1.16...
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(53319) 1999 JM8 (section Rotation period)
unusually slow and possibly chaotic rotation period, similar to that of asteroid 4179 Toutatis. In July 1999, a rotational lightcurve of 1999 JM8 was obtained...
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Pulsar (redirect from Rotation-powered pulsar)
Don Backer led a group that discovered PSR B1937+21, a pulsar with a rotation period of just 1.6 milliseconds (38,500 rpm). Observations soon revealed that...
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A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours (86,400 seconds). As a day passes at a...
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Rotational energy or angular kinetic energy is kinetic energy due to the rotation of an object and is part of its total kinetic energy. Looking at rotational...
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Jupiter (section Orbit and rotation)
appeared oblate, and estimate its rotation period. In 1692, Cassini noticed that the atmosphere undergoes a differential rotation. The Great Red Spot may have...
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orbit derivation Rotation period – time that it takes to complete one revolution around its axis of rotation Satellite revisit period Sidereal time Sidereal...
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5145 Pholus (section Rotation period)
United States. The very reddish object has an elongated shape and a rotation period of 9.98 hours. It was named after the centaur Pholus from Greek mythology...
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A backup rotation scheme is a system of backing up data to computer media (such as tapes) that minimizes, by re-use, the number of media used. The scheme...
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Earth (section Orbit and rotation)
mean solar day. Earth's rotation period relative to the fixed stars, called its stellar day by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service...
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its surface, which hints at a brief period of cryovolcanic activity in the distant past. With a rotation period of around 22 hours, Gonggong rotates...
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1111 Reinmuthia (section Rotation period)
Observatory in southwest Germany. The F-type asteroid (FX) has a short rotation period of 4.02 hours and measures approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) in...
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Milky Way (section Galactic rotation)
Milky Way rotate about its center differentially, meaning that the rotation period varies with location. As is typical for spiral galaxies, the orbital...
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Nereid (moon) (section Orbit and rotation)
In 1991, a rotation period of Nereid of about 13.6 hours was determined by an analysis of its light curve. In 2003, another rotation period of about 11...
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