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[โ€“] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

If the earth stopped rotating, days would be about 365x longer.

I wanted to figure out a more exact answer, but I'm hung up on the fact that the length of a day is influenced by rotation and revolution together.

I have a feeling this requires calculus. If Sir Isaac Newton were here, I think he'd know what to do.

[โ€“] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

365.25 days I believe is the better approximation because it's the rough time it takes Earth to be in the same spot - hence the leap years

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