RE: Dear stupid: how many times does the earth rotate in a year?
June 17, 2016 at 10:44 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2016 at 10:46 pm by Aractus.)
(June 17, 2016 at 10:27 pm)Sheed1980 Wrote: It takes the Earth 24 hours to make 1 rotation (day) and it takes 365 1/4 days to make 1 revolution (year) around the sun. So the answer is 365.242 which is approximately 365 1/4 days
Yes, as above it takes about 23 hours and 56 minutes to make a full rotation, not 24 hours which is an illusion caused by the planet's orbit. If the planet was rotating in the opposite direction at the same speed then there would in fact be 367.242 days per year.
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
