The Rotation Periods for the Jovian Planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus

question 352

Multiple Choice

The rotation periods for the Jovian planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are

• A) somewhat shorter than that of Earth, between 10 to 20 hours.
• B) reasonably long, on the order of several Earth days.
• C) much shorter than that of Earth, between 1 and 2 hours.
• D) very long, on the order of years, because of the sizes of these planets.

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