On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:50:03 -0500, Cliff wrote:

How many times does the Earth rotate 360 degrees in one year?
Decimal times are acceptable.

Where are Ricky & Michael & jb when you need them?






In a previous article, (William L. Bahn) says:


This is the same problem that establishes the difference between a solar
day and a sidereal day (24 hours / 365.25 days) = ~4 minutes/day. So, how
many times does the Earth rotate about it's axis, to the nearest quarter
day, (relative to the 'fixed' stars) in one year? It's NOT 365.25, it's
366.25. And if the Earth rotated the other way, our solar day (what our
watches keep track of) would be eight minutes shorter than they currently
are and there would be 367.25 days in a year.