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Does a day need time for the sun to drift completely around the sky or the moon to drift completely around the sky or the earth to turn completely on its axis?
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A day is defined by the time it takes the earth to spin once around it's axis.
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How many times does the earth rotate in a year?
The earth spins on its axis completely once a day and it revolves around the sun completely once a year.
What does the earth rotate or spin on?
Its axis The earth rotates around its axis - an imaginary line running from the North Pole through the centre of the earth to the South Pole. It rotates around this line once every day. it is this rotation which causes day and night. axis
How long does the moon to completely rotate around the earth?
Clarification of terms: the Moon ROTATES around its own axis; it REVOLVES around the Earth. Both things - one rotation and one revolution - take about 27 1/2 days.
What causes day and night on earth earths revolution around the sun or earth's rotation on its axis?
Earth's rotation on its axis causes day and night. Earth's revolution around the sun causes the seasons.
What does earth do around the sun on its fixed orbit?
As the Earth revolves around the Sun on a fixed orbit, the Earth spins on its axis. Each revolution around the Sun is one year. Each full rotation of the Earth on its axis is one day.
How many times does the earth rotate in a year?
The earth spins on its axis completely once a day and it revolves around the sun completely once a year.
What does earth do when it spin on its axis?
On its axis Earth rotates around the sun.
How long does Earth take to make a revolution?
It takes 23 hours and 56 minutes for the Earth to turn completely on its axis. It takes 365 days and 6 hours for the Earth to turn completely around the sun (revolve).
The spinning of the earth around its axis is called?
The spinning of Earth around its axis is called rotation
Does the earth rotate or revolve on its axis?
The Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun.
How does the earth make the days months and years?
Each year is when the Earth has completely revolved around the sun. Each day is when the Earth has completely rotated. It's twirling on the axis's while its moving around the sun. Each month is just what we came up with to keep the amount of days in order. The Earth has nothing to do with it
How a does the earth to spin around?
it spins around on its axis,that is how the earth rotates.
Imaginary line around which earth spins?
The imaginary line between the poles of the Earth around which the Earth spins is called the "axis of rotation".
The earth revolves around this?
Axis
When is the sun completally over Earth's axis?
It is completely over the axis when we have an equinox. Like the Fall and Spring equinox's.
How many days does earth take to revolve around the axis?
It takes earth exactly one day to rotate around the axis.
What does the earth rotate or spin on?
Its axis The earth rotates around its axis - an imaginary line running from the North Pole through the centre of the earth to the South Pole. It rotates around this line once every day. it is this rotation which causes day and night. axis
