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What is the period of Earth spinning on its axis? what is its frequency?
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What is the period of Earth spinning on its axis? what is its frequency?

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Period = 24 hours per spin.

That's 86,400 seconds.

Frequency = 1 spin / 24 hours.

That's 1 spin / 86,400 seconds.

Frequency = 0.00001157 Hz

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