A day is the time it takes a planet to rotate once. Earth takes 24 hours. Since each planets rotates at different speed, the length of the day differs. A year is the time a planet takes to rotate around the sun in Solar System. Earth takes 365 days to revolve around the Sun. Each planets revolve around the sun at different speeds.
Here is the time taken by each planet to rotate and revolve. The time is given in Earth days, Earth years and Earth hours.
PLANET ROTATION REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN
(in hours/days) (in days/years)
- Mercury 59 days 88 days
- Venus 243 days 225 days
- Earth 24 hours 365 days
- Mars 26 hours 687 days
- Jupiter 10 hours 12 years
- Saturn 10 hours 30 years
- Uranus 17 hours 84 years
- Neptune 18 hours 165 years
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