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Jupiter has the shortest day of any solar system planet

The gas giant completes a full rotation in under ten hours

Jupiter spins faster than any other planet in the solar system, completing one rotation in roughly 9 hours and 55 minutes. This rapid rotation causes the gas giant to bulge at its equator and flatten slightly at its poles, creating an oblate spheroid shape.

Portrait of Jupiter from Cassini — NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The gas giant completes a full rotation in under ten hours. The figure is taken from NASA Science, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.