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Explain the difference between day and night on Earth and Mars.

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Mars, like Earth, rotates on an axis. That means that the Mars is spinning like a top. As the planet spins, half of it is facing the sun, and the other half isn't. So the half that is facing the sun experiences daytime, and the othe half has nighttime.Oct 22, 2007

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