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The Earth spins around its axis each day, not each year. That is why the Sun "rises" and "sets". One Earth year it the time it takes the Earth to travel 360 degrees around the Sun. I say Earth year because each planet has its own length of year due to different distances from the Sun and different rates of travel. But your answer in short is no, a day is the amount of time it takes for a planet to rotate on its axis.

Comment: The rotation period of a planet is called a "sidereal day". There is also the "solar day" which is based on the time it takes the Sun to complete one apparent journey around the sky. That depends on a planet's orbital motion as well as on its rotation period.

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