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minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·9 months agoIf the earth stopped rotating, days would be about 365x longer. I wanted to figure out a more exact answer, but I’m hung up on the fact that the length of a day is influenced by rotation and revolution together. I have a feeling this requires calculus. If Sir Isaac Newton were here, I think he’d know what to do.
minus-squareHammocks4All@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months ago365x24=8760 Open 8760 hours a day, 7 days a week
minus-squarerepungnant_canary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 months ago365.25 days I believe is the better approximation because it’s the rough time it takes Earth to be in the same spot - hence the leap years
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_year
If the earth stopped rotating, days would be about 365x longer.
I wanted to figure out a more exact answer, but I’m hung up on the fact that the length of a day is influenced by rotation and revolution together.
I have a feeling this requires calculus. If Sir Isaac Newton were here, I think he’d know what to do.
365x24=8760
Open 8760 hours a day, 7 days a week
365.25 days I believe is the better approximation because it’s the rough time it takes Earth to be in the same spot - hence the leap years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_year