Question

How Long Is One Day On The Planet Earth

Answer 1

Answer:

It is said that earth complete one rotation in 24hrs but actually not it takes 23hrs 56min 4sec and its the actual duration of one day

Answer 2

23 Hours 56 minutes (sidereal day) 24 Hours (solar day)

Explanation:

• We usually consider a cycle of day-to-night when considering a day. This is known as a solar day.On the Earth one solar day is about 24 hours. The orbit of the Earth is elliptical, however, which means it is not a perfect circle. That ensures that some Earth solar days are longer than 24 hours by few minutes and some solar days are a few minutes shorter than 24 hours
• Another way to calculate a day is to quantify how much time a planet takes to spin and complete 1 full rotation. It is regarded as a sidereal day. On Earth, a sidereal day is around 23 hours 56 minutes.