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What do they mean by the Earth's rotation?
The rotation of the Earth is called as the spinning of the Earth in its axis.
What is Mercury's rotation period and what does rotation mean?
mercury's rotation period is 58.647 earth days. a rotation is when the planet turns around on its axis, like what the earth does once every day.
How many hours and minutes is earth's rotation time?
The period of earth's rotation on its axis is 23hours56minutes4seconds of mean solar time.
What is the effect of the rotation of earth?
seasons if you mean around the sun. day/night if you mean on its axis.
What is another name for Earth Rotation?
Another name for Earth rotation is diurnal motion or daily rotation.
How long does it takes earth to do one rotation?
Assuming you mean one rotation on its axis, it takes approximately 24 hours. If by some chance you mean a rotation around the sun (called an orbit) that takes approximately 365 days.
What does 1 spin round the earth mean?
A single spin around the Earth is equivalent to a full rotation of the Earth on its axis, which takes approximately 24 hours to complete. This rotation creates day and night as different parts of the Earth are exposed to sunlight.
What instrument measures the earth's rotation?
Depends what you mean by instrument but I guess the sun, mmon and stars are pretty good indicators to use.
What is the spinning of earth on its axis?
The spinning of Earth on its axis is known as its rotation. It takes approximately 24 hours for Earth to complete one full rotation. This rotation is what causes day and night to occur.
Is oil necessary to the earth's rotation?
No, oil has nothing to do with the earth's rotation.
What does the sun appear to set as in the Earth?
Assuming you mean "why": if the Sun appears to set, that is the result of Earth's rotation.
What movement by the earth determines the length of one day?
One rotation by the Earth round its axis to bring the 'mean Sun' back to the meridian defines one day.The mean Sun is a Sun which comes to the meridian regularly once a day. In practice the real Sun can be fast or slow by up to 10 minutes, so the mean Sun is a fictitious sun for which those daily variations are averaged out over a year.
