No.
The earth turns on its axis once in every 24hr period giving the appearance that the sun goes round us.
24 hours
The Earth goes round the Sun in an orbit, while the Moon travels round the Earth. If those orbits were in exactly the same plane we would have a solar eclipse at every new Moon and a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon. The Moon's orbit is at an angle to the Earth's, so at most full/new moons the Moon is above or below the plane of the Earth's orbit (known as the ecliptic). But if the Moon is crossing the ecliptic at full or new moon, we get an eclipse.
so if one day now aka 24 hours is how often the earth spins on its axis it would be an eight hour day
It happens because the Earth always turns one way on its axis. We rotate in the same direction and go round every 24 hours. So everything rises in the east, everywhere on Earth.
About once every 27 days
24 hours.
An elliptical orbit round the Sun.
The moon goes around the earth every 27 days and 8 hours. (approximately)
The Earth rotates once on it's axis once every 24 hour. It takes the Earth over 365 days to orbit the Sun.
The Moon travels around the Earth in an orbit.So, speaking very roughly, for about half the time out of every 24 hours (most of which is the daytime) you can't see the moon because it is round the other side of the Earth (where for most of this period it is nighttime.When the moon travels around to your side of the Earth it becomes visible. During this period it will be more visible the darker it gets as the light coming from our Sun which then reflects off of the moon will contrast more with the dark background.
Every day the hour had travels once round the clock in the morning and one round the clock in the afternoon, so it travels twice round the clock in 1 day. There are 7 days in a week, thus the hour hand travels 7 x 2 = 14 times round the clock in a week.
No, the statement that the Lilliputians believed the Earth was round is not true. In Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," the Lilliputians are fictional characters who are not portrayed as having a specific belief about the shape of the Earth.
23 hours, 56 minutes.
24 hours
The Earth goes round the Sun in an orbit, while the Moon travels round the Earth. If those orbits were in exactly the same plane we would have a solar eclipse at every new Moon and a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon. The Moon's orbit is at an angle to the Earth's, so at most full/new moons the Moon is above or below the plane of the Earth's orbit (known as the ecliptic). But if the Moon is crossing the ecliptic at full or new moon, we get an eclipse.
so if one day now aka 24 hours is how often the earth spins on its axis it would be an eight hour day
Rather simplified: one orbit of the Earth round the Sun is a year. One rotation of the Earth on its axis is a day and a night of 24 hours.