Sentence examples for rotation period from inspiring English sources

Ida's rotation period is 4.63 hours, making it one of the fastest rotating asteroids yet discovered.

The fire rotation period was 51 years.

No single rotation period can explain the exhibited brightness variations.

We interpret this as the rotation period of the primary.

The reason is that Kepler would not be able to measure the rotation period of the Sun, as sunspots have lifetimes much shorter than the rotation period.

Such details can help students determine properties like mass, radius, temperature and rotation period.

Drahus, M. & Waniak, W. Non-constant rotation period of comet C/2001 K5 (LINEAR).

Dr. Millis said it was "extremely difficult" to determine the rotation period.

Rotation period estimates are inconsistent and varied, with reported values between 6.9 and 8.3 h (refs 4,5,6,9).

They found that Mercury had a rotation period that was two-thirds of its year, or 58.7 days.

For Earth-based observers, the planet's 9.92-hour rotation period quickly brought each impact site into view.