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Differences between
a)solar day and rotation of Earth​

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To end up facing the sun again, the Earth has to rotate for another four minutes. In other words, a solar day is how long it takes Earth to rotate once – and then some. A sidereal day – 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds – is the amount of time needed to complete one rotation.

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