• Question: Why does the earth take 24hrs to orbit the sun?

    Asked by Achsu to Betty, Isaac, Kieran, Silvia, Will on 17 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Silvia Pardo

      Silvia Pardo answered on 17 Nov 2016:

      It actually takes one year for the Earth to orbit once around the Sun. 24 hours is the time it takes to spin once around its axis, most of the speed comes from the original interstellar cloud that ended up forming Earth.

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