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[Banjax]

Exactly how long does it take the Earth to complete one full revolution?

[woodsy_mv6]

What unit of time you want it in??

[DaveyDavey]

Exactly how long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

Are you asking how long it takes the earth to make one full revolution?

Or how long it takes for one complete circuit around the sun?

 

[Banjax]

What unit of time you want it in??

to the nearest second  

[Banjax]

Exactly how long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

Are you asking how long it takes the earth to make one full revolution?

Or how long it takes for one complete circuit around the sun?

 

good point - i mean how long does it take the EARTH to revolve, not how long it takes to orbit the sun  

[Martin_1962]

Trick question as a day is just over 1 revolution.

Just looked it up

This interval is known as
a "siderial" day, which is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.06 seconds

[DaveyDavey]

I must confess to a quick trip to wikipedia just now to find out  

[Banjax]

Trick question as a day is just over 1 revolution.

Just looked it up

This interval is known as
a "siderial" day, which is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.06 seconds

there are various answers - but essentially Martin - that is correct - the earth takes 23h 56m 4s to completely rotate  

[psychnurse]

But time is a social construct. So it takes as long as it takes  

[Banjax]

But time is a social construct. So it takes as long as it takes  

actually a second takes 9192631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom

as defined by the International System of Units



but no one likes a smartass