because that is how long the earth takes to make 1 full rotation on its axis
Our day is based on the Earth's rotation, that is most people say it is 24 hours. If you want to get technical it takes 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.2 seconds.
One earth day contains twenty four hours, right on the dot, assuming that no leap seconds have been added to or deleted from the day in question.
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Earth day lasts 24 hours! During those 24 hours you are supposed to turn your lights off for 1 hour!
24 hours a day
24 hours
one day on earth is 24 hours.
A day on Uranus is shorter than a day on Earth. Earth's day is roughly 24 hours long. A day on Uranus is 17 hours, 14 minutes long.
When the Earth first formed, a day was about 6 hours long.
24 hours
A day on Saturn is about 11 hours on Earth.
24 hours a day
About 12 hours if you don't count the night.
16.11 hours.
24 hours its not actually 23 hours 56minutes 4.1seconds
Yes, Jupiter has a much longer day than Earth. A day on Jupiter lasts about 10 hours, while a day on Earth is about 24 hours long.
It is approx 4223 Earth-hours = 176 Earth-days long.