Sky & Telescope Claims Saturn Spins Faster Than Jupiter

Plutocrat · #1 (**permalink**) 05-July-2009, 02:23 PM

Or maybe Jupiter is no longer a planet???

From page 16 of the January 2009 issue of Sky & Telescope:

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Saturn is the solar system's fastest-rotating planet, so perhaps it's no coincidence that monstrous cloud rings encircle both of its poles.

Tobin Dax · #2 (**permalink**) 05-July-2009, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Plutocrat

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.

Plutocrat · #3 (**permalink**) 05-July-2009, 09:15 PM

Jupiter's rotation period is 9 hours, 55 minutes.

Tobin Dax · #4 (**permalink**) 06-July-2009, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Plutocrat

Jupiter's rotation period is 9 hours, 55 minutes.

Yes, that's true. I read the wrong line in the table. I retract my earlier statement.

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