# rotation period

> (of a celestial object) time that it takes to complete one revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the background stars

**Wikidata**: [Q185981](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185981)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation_period_(astronomy))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/rotation-period


## References

1. [Nuovo soggettario](https://thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/termine.php?id=18839)
2. Nuovo soggettario
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)