If earth would continue to orbit the sun counterclockwise, the same as it does now, BUT....?

Question

if the earth rotates around its axis clockwise, the opposite way from which it is spinning now, how would the solar day and the sidereal day change? Would they both become shorter, longer or either one of them short and the other long? Or remain the same? If there is a mathematical model for this question, it would help me a lot .. thanks amigos

Answer 1

i think boxer is right.. I wonder what is her equation though..

Answer 2

Solar and sideral day would be swapped, but the values would stay the same.
Check Wikipedia, "sideral day": the picture there explains it very well.
The maths are relatively simple, if you consider the Earth orbit as circular: solve a isocele triangle with the Sun at the top, Earth at both ends of the base, separated by 360Deg rotation of Earth: two vectors Sun-Earth. Then, trace two parallels from each Earth. This will give you the differences between solar and sideral days...

Answer 3

Well if the earth were to spin in the opposite direction than it is now than in the winter time when the nights are longer than the days the days would become longer than the nights in the winter instead of the other way around and then in the summer when the days are normally longer than the nights the nights would then become longer than the days so basicly everthing would be the opposite of what it is now.
Just my theroy anyway hope it helps

Answer 4

I don't know no math. But Earth only orbits clockwise if you think of the North pole on top of the Earth and the South pole on the bottom, which is really quite arbitrary as there is no up or down in space. SO, since it is just a matter of perspective (above or below ....oops!) the plane of orbit, if the South pole is on top and the North pole on the bottom, then aren't we orbiting clockwise now?

Answer 5

if it rotated at the same speed, the days would be the same length.

from the time the sun first shone, to the time it shone for the first time the next day would still be 24 hrs.

Answer 6

EVERYTHING would be the same EXCEPT that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.

Answer 7

The toilet would flush the opposite direction.