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== == A solar day is the length of time between two successive passes of the sun across the same spot in the sky (e.g. crossing the meridian, overhead). That time period is, on average, 24:00:00, hours, or one mean solar day.

A sidereal day is the length of time between two successive passes of the fixed stars across the sky. That time period is 23:56:04, or one sidereal day.

The difference occurs because, over the course of a year, the earth does one revolution, or "lap" around the sun, so that there must be one less solar day (365.25) per year than there are sidereal days (366.25). Spread over the year, comes to a difference of about four minutes each day.

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