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Compare the differential rotation rates of the four jovian planets.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

As an artificial radio source, the spinning Earth would have a period of about a day.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

Jupiter and Saturn rotate rapidly, in about ten hours, with their equators spinning fastest. Both Uranus and Neptune spin slower (but still faster than Earth), and their equators spin slower than their higher latitudes.

Answer to Question 2

TRUE



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