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Scientist Shows There Are Two Ways to Measure a Day on Earth – The Union Journal
How long does it take Earth to complete a 360-degree rotation? Not quite 24 hours, it turns out – it’s precisely 23 hours and 56 minutes. But because Earth is constantly moving along its orbit ar
How long does it take Earth to complete a 360-degree rotation? Not quite 24 hours, it turns out its precisely 23 hours and 56 minutes.
But because Earth is constantly moving along its orbit around the Sun, a different point on the planet faces the Sun directly at the end of that 360-degree spin.
For the Sun to reach the exact same position in the sky, Earth has to rotate 1 degree further.
Thats how humans have chosen to measure days: not by the Earths exact rotation, but the position of the S…
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