How long does it take for the earth to orbit around the sun once in days hours minutes and seconds?

Answer 1

A year. Depending on the chosen reference point, there are slightly different definitions of "year"; one that is commonly used uses the equinoxes as reference points, and has a length of 365.2422 days.

Answer 2

23 hours 56 minutes (relative to the distant stars), or 24 hours (relative to the Sun).

The four minute difference is because the Earth is orbiting the Sun, so the Sun is not quite in exactly the same place relative to the Earth at the end of the day that it was at the start of the day, and it takes an extra four minutes for the Earth to spin far enough to bring it back into alignment, so over the course of a complete year it actually makes one extra revolution.

Answer 3

If you're on the Earth or moon, it takes roughly 365.24 days ... the length of time

that folks on Earth call their "year". If you're on other bodies in the solar system,

it's a different length of time.

Answer 4

24 hours, approximately. In fact the Earth rotates once in about 23 hours and 56 minutes. That's called a "sidereal" day.

The day that's exactly 24 hours is called a "solar " day.

A solar day is the amount of time required for the Sun to return to its starting position in the sky. That depends on the Earth's orbit as well as its rotation.

Answer 5

One year.

The tilt of the earth means that for part of the journey round the sun, some countries are warm and others cold. Then, at the opposite side of the revolution, the situation is reversed.

This accounts for seasons. It explains why, when it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

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The Time The Earth takes to complete one full revolution around the Sun is 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds. The five hours, fourtynine minutes, and twelve seconds is acounted and rounded to one fourth of a day. This one fourth of a day is then added onto the calandar every four years. This is because in four years the one fourth of a day would have grown into four fourths of a day (or one day). One day is equivalent to 23 hours and 56 minutes, this is rounded up to 24 hours. This one day is then added onto the callander as an extra day in Feburary. Feburary normally has 28 days, but the extra day every four years makes Feburary have 29 days. The year when this extra day is added on is called a Leap Year. (see also: "How long is a year?"; "How long is a day?"; and/or "What is a Leap year?"

Answer 6

23 hours 56 minutes is one "sidereal" day, the time that it takes for the Earth to turn 360 degrees.

What's the extra four minutes? That's how much more the Earth has to rotate to make up for the fact that the Earth is moving in its orbit, and it takes another 4 minutes for the Earth to finish turning toward the Sun.

Answer 7

A year is the time it takes for the Earth to orbit(go around, not rotate) the Sun once. This takes 365.25 days. The time taken for the Earth to rotate (spin on its axis) once is a day (24 hours). Try this website for some very basic information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes.shtml

Answer 8

It takes earth just short of one 24 hour day. The actual time is 0.99726968 days. This equals one sidereal day.

Answer 9

For the Earth to rotate completely, it takes 23hours 56minutes 4seconds. (rounded)

To revolve around the Sun completely, it takes 365.25 days. (rounded)

Answer 10

Its called a day. See the related link for more information.