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Taya2010 [7]
3 years ago
7

What is the (approximate) fractional difference in time between the sidereal day and the solar day? (Is it one tenth? One hundre

dth? One thousandth? Something else?) Hint: convert all numbers into seconds, with one hour equal to 60 minutes and one minute equal to 60 seconds. Show your work.
Geography
1 answer:
antiseptic1488 [7]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

0.9972

Explanation:

The sidereal day has a duration of 23 hours 56 minutes and  4 seconds approximately. The solar day has a duration of 24 hours. We have to convert the previous times to seconds:

Solar day:

24h*\frac{60min}{1h}*\frac{60s}{1min}=86400\\

Sidereal day:

23h*\frac{60min}{1h}+56min=1436min\\1436min*\frac{60s}{1min}+4s=86164s

Now, we calculate the fractional difference:

\frac{86164s}{86400s}=0.9972

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