Dear stupid: how many times does the earth rotate in a year?
| Poll: How many times does the EARTH rotate in one year? This poll is closed. |
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| At least once | 6 | 14.29% | |
| 364 times | 0 | 0% | |
| 365 times | 4 | 9.52% | |
| 366 times | 0 | 0% | |
| 367 times, in a leap year | 1 | 2.38% | |
| 365.242... times | 17 | 40.48% | |
| 366.242... times | 6 | 14.29% | |
| 367.242... times, in a leap year | 0 | 0% | |
| It doesn't rotate, it spirals along a cylinder | 4 | 9.52% | |
| Answer depends on how you define "year" | 4 | 9.52% | |
| Total | 42 vote(s) | 100% | |
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Dear stupid: how many times does the earth rotate in a year?
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 (June 15, 2016 at 2:58 am)Aractus Wrote: Imagine the earth is revolving around the sun clockwise, which means you are looking down on it from some distance away, and the highest "continent" you can see is Antarctica. Because that's what you're looking down on. You don't move, but you watch the Earth rotate for a year, how many times does it rotate on its axis while you're observing? Do we also assume for this problem that the earth is a perfect circle/sphere? |
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Dear stupid: how many times does the earth rotate in a year?
