2007-02-17 22:30:11 · 4 answers · asked by arlene c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It takes the Earth, on average, 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds (one sidereal day) to rotate around the axis that connects the north and the south poles.
Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of about 150 million kilometres (93.2 million miles) every 365.2564 mean solar days (1 sidereal year). That is why we have a leap year once in 4 years.
2007-02-17 22:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by Esse Est Percipi 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cause it takes 365.25 days (approximately) for the Earth to one complete revolution of the sun.
2007-02-18 06:42:58 · answer #2 · answered by gumtrees 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You silly goose, the earth does not revolve around the sun. The sun and the whole universe revolves around the earth. Just look up in the sky and and you will that it revolves around us.
Such silly questions on here.
B
2007-02-18 09:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that the length of the day and the length of the year should be even multiples of one another. One year is 365.24 days, more or less.
2007-02-18 06:54:05 · answer #4 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋