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Old 05-July-2009, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Plutocrat View Post
Or maybe Jupiter is no longer a planet???

From page 16 of the January 2009 issue of Sky & Telescope:
A quick check of Wikipedia give Saturn's rotation period as 10.5 hours. This is shorter than Jupiter's 12 hour equatorial period. So, at a glance, S&T is correct.
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