2007-01-10 01:52:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Patterns of revolution follows the third Kepler law: the cubic power of the distances are proportional to the squares of the revolution periods of time.
Rotations does not obey to any law. Generally all of the planets revolves and rotates in the same sense, counterclockwise when viewed from the north. But axis are tilted differently in relation to the ecliptic plane, and there is a planet (Venus?) that rotates inversely.
I apologize for my bad English, I am not an english speaker.
2007-01-10 02:02:58 · answer #1 · answered by Jano 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Six planets rotate "easterly". On Venus and Uranus, the sun rise from the west.
All eight planets are on the same plane and orbit counter clockwise as seen from the north.
The rotation speed is different for each planet and is the result of the combined bombardment it saw since it coalesced from our nascent solar nebula.
2007-01-10 02:08:34 · answer #2 · answered by Kitiany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury:
Rotation around the Sun: 88 Earth days
Rotation of its axis: 59 Earth days
Venus:
Rotation around the Sun: 225 Earth days
Rotation of its axis: 243 Earth days
Earth:
Rotation around the Sun: 365.2 days
Rotation of its axis: 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds
Mars:
Rotation around the Sun: 687 Earth days
Rotation of its axis: 24 Earth hours, 37 minutes, 23 seconds
Jupiter:
Rotation around the Sun: 12 Earth years
Rotation of its axis: 9 hours and 55 minutes
Saturn:
Rotation around the Sun: 291/2 Earth years
Rotation of its axis: 10 hours, 40 min, 24 sec
Uranus:
Rotation around the Sun: 30,685 days or 84 Earth years
Rotation of its axis: 17 hours
Neptune:
Rotation around the Sun: 165 Earth years
Rotation of its axis: 16 hours and 7 minutes
Pluto:
Rotation around the Sun: 248 Earth years
Rotation of its axis: 6 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes
2007-01-10 03:20:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are various "bands" of weather on the Earth---the trade winds, for exampe, and the polar vortex. These are similar to the bands on Jupiter and Saturn, and result from similar processes. How many bands there are from pole to pole varies from planet to planet, depending on the size of the planet, the depth of the atmosphere, and its speed of rotation.
2007-01-10 02:04:29 · answer #4 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Qualitatively similar. Quantitatively unique.
2007-01-10 01:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋