# Can a planet have a 6 Earth-month rotation around it's star at the same time it has a 12 Earth-hour day? # Yes. You'd need to *significantly* reduce Earth's orbital speed around the Sun, while simultaneously reducing it's angular momentum. # How does this work # Not too easily, since putting retro-rockets on rotating masses the size of Earth is **really difficult**. # is it possible? # I doubt whether even a Dyson-sphere civilization could do it. # How does this affect the climate # Being much closer to the Sun, with less time each day (1) exposed to the Sun and (2) cooling off would **naturally** have a **severe** impact on the planet. Probably would boil off all the water. No, it wouldn't be habitable.