File:Sidereal Day versus Solar Day.webm
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Sidereal_Day_versus_Solar_Day.webm (file size: 3.23 MB, MIME type: video/webm)
Summary
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English: Earth physically rotates in 23hours 56min relative to distant stars – a Sidereal Day, BUT it takes 24hours to rotate relative to the Sun – a Solar Day
The difference? Earth orbits the Sun, so the Sun appears to move (down, in the vid), which means Earth needs +4mins to catch up! Imagery from: NASA / Solar System Scope processing https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/ under CC BY 4.0 NASA ephemeris data: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app.html |
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| Source | YouTube: Sidereal Day versus Solar Day – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today |
| Author | Dr. James O'Donoghue under YouTube alias "Interplanetary" |
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| current | 14:36, 16 May 2023 | (3.23 MB) | wikimediacommons>CactiStaccingCrane | Uploaded a work by Dr. James O'Donoghue under YouTube alias "Interplanetary" from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWw4JY2dNXM with UploadWizard |
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