Rotation Period of Selected Objects
| Celestial Objects | Rotation period | |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 25.379995 days (equatorial) 35 days (high latitude) |
25 9 7 11.6 35 |
| Mercury | 58.6462 days | 58 15 30 30 |
| Venus | –243.0187 days | –243 0 26 |
| Earth | 0.99726968 days | 0 23 56 4.1000 |
| Moon | 27.321661 days (synchronous toward Earth) |
27 7 43 11.5 |
| Mars | 1.02595675 days | 1 0 37 22.663 |
| Ceres | 0.37809 days | 0 9 4 27.0 |
| Jupiter | 0.4135344 days (deep interior) 0.41007 days (equatorial) 0.41369942 days (high latitude) |
0 9 55 29.37 0 9 50 30 0 9 55 43.63 |
| Saturn | 0.44403 days (deep interior) 0.426 days (equatorial) 0.443 days (high latitude) |
0 10 39 24 0 10 14 0 10 38 |
| Uranus | –0.71833 days | –0 17 14 24 |
| Neptune | 0.67125 days | 0 16 6 36 |
| Pluto | –6.38718 days (synchronous with Charon) |
–6 9 17 32 |
| Haumea | 0.163145 days | 0 3 54 56 |
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