Rotation Planet, Table 1 Rotation periods for the eight planets of the solar system and Pluto. Negative periods correspond to retrograde rotation, when the planet appears to rotate in the opposite direction than its orbital revolution around the Sun
From: Rotation Planet
Body | Sidereal period | Synodic period = “day” |
|---|---|---|
Mercury | 58.6462 Earth days | 175.940 Earth days |
Venus | −243.02 Earth days | −116.75 Earth days |
Earth | 23 h 56 min 4.1 s | 24 h 0 min 0 s |
Mars | 24 h 37 min 22.66 s | 24 h 39 min 35.24 s |
Jupiter | 9 h 55 min 30 s | 9 h 55 min 33 s |
Saturn | 10 h 32 min 35 s | 10 h 32 min 36 s |
Uranus | −17 h 14 min 24 s | −17 h 14 min 23 s |
Neptune | 16 h 6.6 min | 16 h 6.6 min |
Pluto | −6 days 9 h 17.6 min | −6 days 9 h 17.0 min |