Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2022 September 11

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/my1euFQHH-o?rel=0

                Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins
       Video Credit: [3]NASA, Animation: [4]James O'Donoghue ([5]JAXA)

   Explanation: How does your favorite planet spin? Does it spin rapidly
   around a nearly vertical axis, or horizontally, or backwards? The
   [6]featured video animates [7]NASA images of [8]all eight planets in
   [9]our Solar System to show them [10]spinning side-by-side for an easy
   comparison. In the [11]time-lapse video, a day on Earth -- one Earth
   rotation -- takes just a few seconds. [12]Jupiter rotates the fastest,
   while [13]Venus spins not only the slowest (can you see it?), but
   backwards. The inner rocky planets, across the top, most certainly
   underwent [14]dramatic [15]spin-altering collisions during the early
   days of the Solar System. The reasons why planets spin and tilt as they
   do remains a [16]topic of research with much insight gained from modern
   [17]computer modeling and the recent discovery and analysis of hundreds
   of [18]exoplanets: planets [19]orbiting other stars.

                    Tomorrow's picture: stars and sprites
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    Authors & editors: [31]Robert Nemiroff ([32]MTU) & [33]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([34]UMCP)
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                           & [41]Michigan Tech. U.

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