2006-12-15 05:04:53 · 19 answers · asked by Peanut butter Jelly Time!!!! 4 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Its not a stupid question at all. You can say yes there are exactly 24 hours a day - but only because we say there are. Everyone who has pointed out the leap year dont seem to be aware that to keep things ticking along as normal the timekeepers who work the atomic clocks also need to use leap seconds because the Earth's speed of rotation is slowing down.
When that happens the central clocks read 23:59:59 - 23:59:60 - 00:00:00 and so on. If you run a search on leap seconds or government time keeping I'm sure you can find out more. Kind regards.
2006-12-15 05:18:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's NOT a stupid question! I know exactly what you're thinking? How can the earth spin a full circle and just happens to be exactly 24 hours on the dot!?
There is less than 24 hours a day. It is 23 hours and fifty-something minutes and something seconds!
So the second answer from the top of your list is really the dumb @sshole
2006-12-15 13:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is in everyday except for the 2 days in the year when we either put the clockes forward or back by 1 hours. Those days have 23 and 25 hours respectivly.
2006-12-15 13:14:09 · answer #3 · answered by girlkitcat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as days and hours are just relative measures of time. Humans created them so that there are 24 hours in a day.
2006-12-15 13:46:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, not even close. In addition to having leap years, we also have leap seconds. It's actually getting worse, too. We've had 23 leap seconds in the past 30 years, and they over-adjust sometimes to keep the aggregate accurate. The speed of the rotation of the earth is changing ever so slightly, which is the main reason behind it.
2006-12-15 13:18:31 · answer #5 · answered by none 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ARE there exactly 24 hours in a day?
Yes, I strongly suspect the "DAY" was split into 24, i.e. the day was the driving force or SI unit as it were.
2006-12-15 13:08:04 · answer #6 · answered by spiegy2000 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nope because if there was we would not have leap year. We have to adjust the lost time every 4 years.
It's funy we use this calendar when the Myan calendar is more accurate. It only requires adjustments every 1000 years.
2006-12-15 13:09:17 · answer #7 · answered by Marshall Lee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-12-15 14:09:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's about 23 hours and a few minutes. That's why we have leap years!
2006-12-15 13:12:17 · answer #9 · answered by clio 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. it is about 23 hours and a few seconds. that is why we have a leap year every 4 years. so we can catch up with time.
2006-12-15 13:07:26 · answer #10 · answered by george 2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋