At which time the earth's portion is closest to the sun ? Is it midday , midnight , sunrise or sunset ?
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Answer:
We know that day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axis, so that for part of the time a place on the globe faces towards the sun and for the rest of the time it is turned away
Ancient Greeks measured their day from sunset to sunset. The Romans, unlike the Greeks, measured their day from midnight to midnight. Most modern countries use this Roman Method.
Before mechanical clocks were invented, people divided the day and night into 12 hours each, but this method proved impractical because the length of the day differed with the seasons. The invention of the clock helped in developing a system of measuring time that is now used almost everywhere. Under this system, the day lasts for 24 hours from midnight to midnight. Although we no longer divide the day and night into 12 hours each, we still use two periods of 12 hours each. These equal halves are distinguished, by the abbreviations a.m. (ante meridien, a Latin phrase meaning 'before midday') for the period from 12 midnight to 12 noon, and p.m. (post meridien,
Answer:
midday
Explanation:
because the sun is very close to earth