period of rotation of earth about it won axis ?
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The rotation period of the Earth is 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds. While the earth rotates, it also moves around the sun in the interval from one day to another. The Earth completes a little more than one turn in space each solar day. Which is why the period of rotation is not 24 hours.
The earth spins around its axis. This spinning makes the sun appear to move from east to west across the sky. It takes 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds for the earth to make a complete rotation about its axis. It is also the length of a sidereal day -- the time it takes the earth to rotate 360°. A sidereal day could be measured using fixed stars.
In conclusion the actual period of rotation of the earth is 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds or 86,164 seconds.