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Which is the fastest rotating planet in solar system?


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Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet in our Solar System. It completes one rotation in 10 hours. Jupiter has the shortest days of all the planets in the Solar System.

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Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System, revolving once every ten hours on average. That’s incredibly fast, especially considering Jupiter’s size. This means that of all the planets in the Solar System, Jupiter has the shortest day.

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