PlanetRotation:

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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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