Why is Jupiter the fastest spinning planet?

To understand this, we need to think about how the planets formed. There's a boundary in our Solar System known as the "snow line". read more

Going back 5 billion years or so, Jupiter and its 4 largest moons were just dust and gas cloud in orbit around the sun. This rather large ball (compared to Earth's Venus', Mercury's dust balls) had to condense from a great diameter to a small one. read more

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System rotating on average once in just under 10 hours. That is very fast especially considering how large Jupiter is. This means that Jupiter has the shortest days of all the planets in the Solar System. read more

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system rotating on average once in just under 10 hours. That is very fast especially considering how large Jupiter is. This means that Jupiter has the shortest days of all the planets in the solar system. read more