Does one revolution of earth equal one day?

Answer 1

The circumference of the earth is 24,901.14 miles. A day on earth is 23 hr 56 min 4 secs. That works out to a distance traveled of 24,833.121 miles.

You'd expect us to lose 4 minutes a day at this rate. Eventually day and night would flip.

Once you take into account the fact that the Earth is also orbiting around the Sun, everything adds up to 24 hours. The location of the background stars move about 1°/day (or a Sun or Moon diameter every 12 hours) eastward. Since a circle has 360°, this works out almost perfectly for the 365 days of the year.

Answer 2

Yes, one revolution of Earth on its axis equals one day, which is why we experience day and night cycles. Earth completes one rotation roughly every 24 hours, resulting in the cycle of daylight and darkness that we encounter.

Answer 3

Yes, more or less. Actually, one complete turn in 24 hours assumes you use the Sun as a reference point. If you use a distant star as a reference point, it is closer to 23h56m.

The explanation is that while the Earth rotates once, it also advances in its orbit around the Sun, so it has to rotate a little more for the same part of the Earth to be oriented towards the Sun again.

Answer 4

No. One revolution of Earth is one year. One rotation, relative to the distant stars, is a sidereal day, and is about 23 hours and 56 minutes. One rotation, relative to the sun, is a solar day, and its average value is 24 hours.

Revolution is defined as the period a moon or planet takes traveling around another planet or sun. Rotation is defined as the period a moon or planet takes spinning around its own axis.

Answer 5

The Earth spins once on its axis in one day, which takes 24 hours. It makes one rotation of the sun in approximately 365 days, which has been termed a year. Interestingly a day (one rotation on its axis) on Venus is longer than a year (one rotation around the sun).

Answer 6

The planets can not spin around the sun. They revolve around it,

and it can't be done in one day. Each planet takes a different length

of time. Earth takes 365 and about 1/4 days (one year).

Answer 7

Depends on the definition of "day". Actually, the Earth has spun faster in the past; its rotation is slowing down, due to friction occurring because of the tides. (Ultimately, the energy from the tides comes from the Earth's rotation.)

Answer 8

no, the MOON rotates around the EARTH in 28 days!!

Answer 9

a planet rotates constantly on its axis as it is doing this it revolves this is what its called when a planet completes a full orbit around the sun!

Answer 10

The Earth keeps turning all the time.