i know the world takes 24 hrs to rotate around its axis once so does it take a full year for our planet to go right around the sun?
2006-10-07 02:21:57 · 28 answers · asked by Gareth A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
You are correct. It isn't a silly question. You'd be surprised at how many people don't know that.
2006-10-07 02:23:20 · answer #1 · answered by polloloco.rb67 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The earth needs 23 hours and 56 minutes to rotate around its axis but that has nothing to do with the leap years.
The leap years are there because the earth needs 365.25 days to rotate around the sun.
1 day is exactly 24 hours. It's a little longer then the time the earth needs to rotate around its axis because the rotation around the sun is also affecting the length of a day a little bit.
2006-10-07 10:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by Voice of Insanity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a silly question. Some people don't speacialize in astronomy, or have simply forgotten due to being out of school for so long.
You have answered your own question. It does take the world 24 hrs to rotate on it's axis and 1 full year to rotate around the sun.
Not very complicated at all. But, still easy to forget.
Hope I helped.
2006-10-07 09:26:00 · answer #3 · answered by Momma Jette 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually it takes a full year and a 1/4 of a day to go around the sun. That is why we have a leap year every 4 years to catch that extra 1/4 day.
2006-10-07 09:30:09 · answer #4 · answered by C-Dubs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well in theory. The full day and night is actually 23 hours 56 minutes. This is why every 4 years, there is an extra day, to make up for those lost 4 minutes :-)
2006-10-07 09:49:46 · answer #5 · answered by Daveeed 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes the Earth, on average, 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds. Earth orbits the Sun every 365.2564 mean solar days (1 sidereal year).
2006-10-07 15:10:50 · answer #6 · answered by Geo06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from leap year corrections every 4 years there is further tweaking every 100 and 1000 years as the year is not precisely 365.25 days long
2006-10-07 10:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by Snowlizard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes correct but their aren't exactly 24 hours in a day this is why we have a leap year every four years
2006-10-07 09:30:10 · answer #8 · answered by Quizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We go left around the sun!
2006-10-07 09:23:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Yeah. Si. Oui. Ja.
2006-10-07 09:38:58 · answer #10 · answered by Jack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Approximately, yes. Leap year corrects for the inprecise time.
2006-10-07 09:23:22 · answer #11 · answered by just browsin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋