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Number of rotations in a year?


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I asked this question years ago on another forum, got an answer, but I have forgotten what the answer was, so I will try you guys.

 

If the Earth did not rotate at all on it's axis, then one year would be the same as one day, right? I don't mean that one year would be 24 hrs., I mean that one day would be 8760 hrs. (approximately).

 

Now from that it seems apparent that the Earth does not rotate on it's axis 365 times in a normal (non leap) year.

 

The question is, does it rotate 364 times, or does it rotate 366 times?

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