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% Computes the mean planet rotation rates from their rotation periods. Note that Venus, Uranus, and Pluto have retrograde (negative) rotations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forms: wP = PlanetRotation( planet ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Input ----- planet (1,:) Name of planet ------ Output ------ wP (1,1) Rotation rate, rad/s -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference: Clabon Walter Allen and Arthur N. Cox (2000). Allen's Astrophysical Quantities. Springer. p. 296. via Wikipedia --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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