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That's the reason for the nearly-4-minutes difference between

the lengths of the sidereal day and the solar day.

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Is it true that the lightest elements in early earth moved to the center of the planet?

true


What would most likely happen if Earth moved closer to the sun?

If Earth moved closer to the sun, temperatures would increase significantly, leading to the melting of ice caps, changes in weather patterns, and potential harm to ecosystems and biodiversity. Life as we know it would be threatened due to the extreme heat and its impacts on the environment.


If a spaceship went into space from the earth did the spaceship move away from the earth or did the earth move away from the spaceship?

From the perspective of the spaceship, it moved away from Earth. However, according to Newton's third law of motion, the Earth also moved away from the spaceship in the opposite direction. This is due to the equal and opposite reaction experienced when thrust is applied for the spaceship to leave Earth's atmosphere.


What happens to your weight if you moved 3 times further from the center of the Earth?

If you moved 3 times further from the center of the Earth, your weight would decrease by a factor of 9. This is due to the inverse square law of gravity, which states that gravitational force decreases with the square of the distance.


Why does the constellation change possition in the night sky?

The constellations change position because of the same reason the days range in length from summer to winter. The Earth's tilt and wobble. The constellations stay in the same place in the sky, but every day the Earth moves while the tilt stays the same, leaving it to appear that the constellations have moved. (It's better to understand with a picture..)

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If global winds moved north and south in straight lines you could conclude that?

Then the earth would not rotate.


What kind of day is based upon the stars?

Sidereal. The Earth's "solar day", one complete turn with reference to the Sun, is 24 hours. A sidereal day, one complete turn with reference to the stars, is 23 hours 56 minutes (and a few seconds). Why the difference? IN the 23 hours 56 minutes that it takes the Earth to rotate exactly once, the Earth has moved along in its orbit, and must rotate an extra 4 minutes to get back to facing the Sun again.


How Does the moon and sun rotate?

In the bible it states that God stated 'sun, stand still' which means that the sun was moving, also He said 'the earth is firm it can NOT ne moved.'


What is the reason your toy cars moved down the ramp?

This is the result of gravity, or the pull earth gives off.


What happen to the acceleration due to gravity if earth stop revolving?

GRAVITYThe acceleration due to gravity is a force related to Earth's mass and is not dependent on its rotation - gravity would not change if the Earth ceased to rotate. WEIGHT However, if the Earth ceased to rotate, someone standing on the equator would weigh more - this increase in weight effect would decrease as you moved the person to the poles to do the comparison.


What reason did the people moved to new areas in the stone age?

they moved to follow the animals when they moved for food


What is the name of the deep crack in the Earth surface?

A deep crack in the earth's surface is a fault It can also be a joint.


Why should be Holidays should be moved?

Holidays shouldn't be moved they are on that certain date for a reason!


A crack in the earth's crust where movement has occurred?

This is known as a fault. Faults are fractures in the Earth's crust where rocks on either side have moved relative to each other. Movement along faults can cause earthquakes.


What caused the moon to slow down?

It is since the revolution of moon several years before was very fast than earth, but as the timed moved moon has aligned its revolution motion with earth the reason why it has slowed down.


How can you trust when you know this person can be moved and not be around anymore?

Anyone can be moved. Knowing a person can be moved is no reason for lack of trust.


What was the main reason as to why the pioneers moved west?

to check it out