Is Neptune's rotation speeding up?

We have not been observing the rotation of Neptune long enough to have any idea how fast its speed is changing. Anyway, we cannot see the surface of Neptune, we can only see the top of its atmosphere. On Earth the rotation rate of the atmosphere i... read more

We have not been observing the rotation of Neptune long enough to have any idea how fast its speed is changing. Anyway, we cannot see the surface of Neptune, we can only see the top of its atmosphere. read more

Neptune isn’t a single solid object like the terrestrial planets, so different parts of the planet rotate at different speeds that are called differential rotation. read more