Slowest rotators
Q. Which planet takes the slowest to orbit the sun?
It only takes 88 days for Mercury to orbit around the sun. No other planet travels around the sun faster. The planet Venus is so bright in the night sky that you may think it is a star.
Q. What planet has the shortest year?
Mercury
| # | Minor planet designation | Abs. mag (H) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (162058) 1997 AE12 | 17.90 |
| 2. | 846 Lipperta | 10.26 |
| 3. | 2440 Educatio | 13.10 |
| 4. | 2056 Nancy | 12.30 |
Q. What is the fastest thing in space?
The Parker Solar Probe just earned the title of the fastest-moving manmade object. Launched by NASA this past August, this robotic spacecraft is currently very, very near the Sun, on its way to probe the outer corona of our local star.
Q. What is Mercury’s rotation speed?
Orbit and Rotation It speeds around the Sun every 88 days, traveling through space at nearly 29 miles (47 kilometers) per second, faster than any other planet. Mercury spins slowly on its axis and completes one rotation every 59 Earth days.
Q. Can you touch a meteorite?
The majority of meteorites are not radioactive and are therefore safe to touch. You’re welcome. It certainly will warm from it’s trip through the atmosphere but it should cool quickly.
Q. Is it illegal to keep a meteorite?
Yes. It is completely legal to own a meteorite, at least in the United States. While it is legal to own, buy and sell meteorite pieces first we have to answer who do they belong to when they first fall.
Q. How much is a meteorite rock worth?
Common iron meteorite prices are generally in the range of US$0.50 to US$5.00 per gram. Stone meteorites are much scarcer and priced in the US$2.00 to US$20.00 per gram range for the more common material. It is not unusual for the truly scarce material to exceed US$1,000 per gram.
Q. Has anyone ever been killed by a meteorite?
The earliest claim of a person being hit by a meteorite comes from 1677 in a manuscript published at Tortona, Italy, which tells of a Milanese friar who was killed by one, although its veracity is unknown.
Q. What is the only planet that can sustain life?
Earth
Q. Is there a planet that rains rubies and sapphires?
Astronomers Discover Distant Planet That Rains Rubies and Sapphires. This may sound science fiction, but there’s actually a planet that rains gemstones. Unfortunately for us humans, it’s 1,000 light-years away. “HAT-P-7b is a tidally locked planet, with the same side always facing its star.
Q. On what planet does it rain metal?
Now add this fact to the list of crazy things about space: on Venus, it snows metal. At the very top of Venus’s mountains, beneath the thick clouds, is a layer of snow. But since it’s so hot on Venus, snow as we know it can’t exist.
