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The earth revolves on its axis in the direction it does because its rotation is a function of the manner in which the materials that formed it accreted. It also is affected by the catastrophic strikes of large planetary bodies (if any) and large space rocks. It takes a standard day for the earth to make one complete revolution on its axis. (One complete revolution of the earth on its axis is, by definition, a day.)

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