planet_rotation_period

property Workspace.planet_rotation_period

The sidereal rotation period of the planet.

This is time that it takes for the planet to complete one revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the suns. For Earth, this is a value roughly 4 min less than 24 h.

A negative value signifies a retrograde rotation, i.e. opposite to the rotation of Earth.

Unit: s

Workspace methods that can generate planet_rotation_period

PlanetSet()

Workspace methods that require planet_rotation_period

wind_u_fieldIncludePlanetRotation()

Generic workspace methods that can generate or use planet_rotation_period

See Numeric and/or Any

type:

WorkspaceVariable - holds type Numeric