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Jupiter is the planet with the shortest rotation time. It rotates once every 9 hours and 50 minutes.
Jupiter in the planet with the shortest rotation time, with a day approximately 12 hours long.

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Jupiter has the shortest rotation with a day lasting 9.9 hours.

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Jupiter, with a rotation period of 9.925 hours.

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Jupiter. It rotates in just under 10 hours (Earth time).

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Mercury revolves around the sun in the shortest time, only 88 days compared with Earths 365 days.

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Actually, if the planet is closer to the sun the revolution would be faster. but if the planet is farther from the sun the revolution would be slower.

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What planet has got the shortest day?

Jupiter has the shortest rotational (spin) period, about 9 hours, 55 minutes, 30 seconds.


Which planet has the shortest nights?

Jupiter would have the shortest nights, at about 5 hours each. Jupiter's rotational period is just under 10 hours.


Which planet has a 7 hr day?

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Uranus.


What planet has a very slow rotational period?

Venus, with a rotation period of 243 days.


Which planet has the shortest period of revolution as measured relative to earths time?

The planet that has the shortest period of revolution is Mercury, which is 88 days. The planet with the longest revolution is Neptune, which is 165 years. Earth's revolution is the third shortest.


The inner planet with the shortest period of revolution is?

The inner planet with the shortest period of revolution is Mercury, which orbits the sun once every 88 Earth days.


What planet has the shortest period of revolutionary period around the sun?

The answer is Mercury.


What planet turns so slowly that one day lasts 176 earth days?

No such planet is known, but it is known that Mercury has a rotational period of 58 days and Venus has a rotational period of 243 days.


What do you call the period of time does it take for a planet to turn on its own axis?

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Which planet has the shortest orbital period and how long is it?

The planet Mercury has the shortest orbit time, because it is the closest to the sun.