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Earth's rotation ensures that, except for places near the poles, no area is exposed to continuous sunlight or in continuous night for too long. The alternating intervals of daytime heating and nighttime cooling moderate temperatures. If Earth did not rotate or rotated extremely slowly the day side would be extremely hot from the constant sunlight while the night side would be extremely cold from the lack of it. Such is the case with the planet Mercury.

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