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a planet spinning on its own axis so you get days without going anywhere.

means the motion of a planet turning around its own internal axis, which is what actually creates day and night, as opposed to revolution, which is the trip around the sun.

from from latin rotare, to turn like a wheel; ancient skywatchers assumed stars circled a fixed earth until copernicus and galileo flipped the script and put the spin on us instead.

for instance

venusrotates so slowly its day is longer than its year

jupiterbulges visibly at the equator from spinning so fast

earthaxial tilt of 23.5 degrees gives us seasons, not just spin

uranusrotates on its side, likely knocked over by an ancient impact

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