Question
Download Solution PDFWhich one of the following planets has the shortest day?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Earth.
Key Points
- Among the given options Earth has the shortest day.
- A day is the length of time that a planet takes for the Sun to move from the noon position in the sky at a point on the equator to the same spot.
- Earth has 24 hours per day.
- Mars has approx 25 hours per day.
- Mercury has 1408 hours per day.
- Venus has 5832 hours per day.
- The planet that has the longest day is Venus.
- The planet Jupiter has the shortest day of all the eight major planets in the Solar System. It spins around on its axis once every 9 hr 55 min 29.69 sec.
Additional Information
Planet |
Day Length
|
| Mercury | 1,408 hours |
| Venus | 5,832 hours |
| Earth | 24 hours |
| Mars | 25 hours |
| Jupiter | 10 hours |
| Saturn | 11 hours |
| Uranus | 17 hours |
| Neptune | 16 hours |
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