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How long does it take for the earth to revolve once on its axis?
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∙ 13y ago
One complete revolution of the Earth around the sun takes 365.25 days. A day is 24 hours, which is the time it takes the earth to revolve on it's axis plus the time it takes to catch up with the sun, which has moved 1/365.25 of one rotation away from where it was the day before. So the time for one rotation of the the Earth is one day minus 1/365.25th of a day, which is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.091 seconds. This is known as a Sidereal Day.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoIn order to time a complete rotation, you have to have a starting point.
If you start the clock at the instant the sun is straight out your window, then the earth's rotation brings the sun back to exactly the same place in (24 hours) ... a few seconds more or less depending on the time of year.
If you start the clock at the instant when a star is straight out your window ... regardless of which star it is ... then the earth's rotation brings that star back to exactly the same place in (24 hours 56 minutes and a few seconds) ... the same exact amount every day.
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∙ 15y agoOne rotation of the Earth takes 23 hours 56 minutes, and this period is called a "sidereal day".
Because the Earth moves in its orbit, it takes an additional 4 minutes worth of rotation before the Sun is back in the same apparent position in the sky. This 24 hour period is called one "solar day".
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∙ 14y agoOne day, commonly 24 hours. (The "siderial day" is less than 24 hours, because the Earth is also moving around the Sun, which increases the time from noon to noon on any given day.)
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∙ 14y agoA day. The definition of a day is: The time it takes for the Earth to spin around once on its axis.
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∙ 13y agoIt takes 24 hours for the Earth to spin all the way around on its axis and it takes it 365.25 days for the Earth to go around the sun.
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∙ 13y ago1 year 365 days a year so i guess that would be your answer?
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∙ 12y agoA sidereal period of rotation, measured against the fixed stars and not the sun, takes roughly 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds.
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∙ 10y agoIt takes roughly 4 minutes less than 24 hours.
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∙ 14y agoApproximately a year.
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How long does it talk the moon to revolve once around earth?
29.5 days or 27.3 days
How long does it take for the earth to orbit its axis once?
One year
Around what does earth revolve?
The Earth revolves around its axis, an imaginary line running through the centre of the Earth from the North pole to the South pole. As an orbiting planet, its orbit takes it around the Sun once every year.
How long does it take the earth to travel once on its azxl?
It takes one day for the Earth to rotate once on its axis. It takes about 365.25 days for the Earth to travel (orbit) once around the Sun.
How many times does the Earth rotate on it's axis for everytime that it revolves around the sun?
364.5 times as it takes that many days to revolve around the sun and the earth spins once every twenty four hours.
Does the sun revolve around its axis?
Yes it does. It takes 25.05 earth days to revolve on its axis once.
How long does it take for the earth to rotatate on its axis once?
It takes 1 day to rotate once around its axis, and about 365 days for the Earth to revolve around the Sun. The Earth's rotation time is about 23 hours and 56 minutes.
How long does it take mercury to revolve once'?
It takes Mercury 1407.6 Earth hours to make one full rotation around its axis.
What is earths revolutional arrangement?
The earth has arranged to revolve around the sun once a year and rotate on its axis once a day.
How long does it take venus to revolve once?
It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to rotate once. It takes Venus about 225 Earth days to revolve once around the Sun.
How long does it take the earth to revolve the sun once?
365.25 days
How many days does it take the Moon to revolve round the Earth and rotate once?
The Moon revolves round the Earth and rotates on its own axis once every 27.3 days.
How much time does Mars take to revolve once on its axis?
Mars revolves on its axis once in 24.6229 hours.
How long does it take for Saturn to revolve once around the sun in days or hours?
In this case the word is "revolve". "Rotate" is used for an object that turns around an axis within itself. Saturn takes about 29.5 years to revolve once around the Sun.
In how many days moon satellite revolves around its own axis?
The earth's moon rotates on its axis in exactly the same period of time required for it to revolve around the earth once in its orbit ... 27.32 days.
What is as sentence for revolve?
The Earth is supposed to revolve once a day.
How many days to have the earth revolve at the poles?
Perhaps you are talking about how long for the Earth's rotational axis to precess once around the "fixed stars": 25,800 years or 9,423,450 days. Otherwise a day is 24 hours at the pole too.
