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