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*’amount’ of ‘time’ it takes the ‘earth’ to ‘rotate’ around its ‘axis’*
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(a ‘stellar day’ is NOT the same length throughout the ‘orbital year’)
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(the earth stellar day averages…)
*’23 hours’ / ’56 minutes’ / ‘4.1 seconds’*
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(= “86400 seconds”)
(the ‘2nd / second’ division of the ‘hour’ by ’60’)
(the ‘first’ division being the ‘minute’)
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*the earth’s rotation is slowing over time*
(which means that ‘days’ are getting longer)
(due to the moons ‘tidal effects’)
(‘gravitational change’)
(‘tidal acceleration’)
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*SKETCHES*
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