THE recent radar measurements of Mercury indicate that the period of rotation of the planet is 59 ± 5 days 1. This result is in complete disagreement with the previously quoted value of 88 days ...
Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the craft arrived has given us a misleading idea about the planet’s magnetic fi ...
That might not sound like much, but when we’re talking about the Earth’s rotation, every billionth of a second can have a massive effect on our planet and the parts of our world that rely on ...
Abstract: Rocky planets orbiting M-dwarf stars in the habitable zone tend to be driven to synchronous rotation by tidal dissipation, potentially causing difficulties for maintaining a habitable ...