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If you measure the speed times the velocity in wich the earth turnes by day divide it by the year minus the seasones in a year and look it up some where in the internet you will get your answer because I really do not know I am just guessing.( reapeating what I learned in school) so I may be wrong...... :( sorry. measure the speed times the velocity as the earth turnes divided by the year and you will come up with some number which is going to be longer.


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