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  2. Earth's rotation - Wikipedia

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    The average of the true solar day during the course of an entire year is the mean solar day, which contains 86,400 mean solar seconds. Currently, each of these seconds is slightly longer than an SI second because Earth's mean solar day is now slightly longer than it was during the 19th century due to tidal friction. The average length of the ...

  3. Celestial pole - Wikipedia

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    As Earth spins on its axis, the two celestial poles remain fixed in the sky, and all other celestial points appear to rotate around them, completing one circuit per day (strictly, per sidereal day). The celestial poles are also the poles of the celestial equatorial coordinate system , meaning they have declinations of +90 degrees and −90 ...

  4. Foucault pendulum - Wikipedia

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    When a Foucault pendulum is suspended at the equator, the plane of oscillation remains fixed relative to Earth. At other latitudes, the plane of oscillation precesses relative to Earth, but more slowly than at the pole; the angular speed, ω (measured in clockwise degrees per sidereal day), is proportional to the sine of the latitude, φ:

  5. Earth’s core might be reversing its spin. It ‘won’t affect ...

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    “We infer the inner core rotation changes direction every 35 years,” Dr. Song told McClatchy News. Earth’s core might be reversing its spin. It ‘won’t affect our daily lives,’ expert says

  6. Earth’s spin is believed to be speeding up - AOL

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    Earth has reportedly reached its quickest spin speeds in the past half-century.

  7. Earth orientation parameters - Wikipedia

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    Universal time tracks the Earth's rotation in time, which performs one revolution in about 24 hours. The Earth's rotation is uneven, so UT is not linear with respect to atomic time. It is practically proportional to the sidereal time, which is also a direct measure of Earth rotation. The excess revolution time is called length of day (LOD).

  8. Rotation period (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, the rotation period or spin period [1] of a celestial object (e.g., star, planet, moon, asteroid) has two definitions. The first one corresponds to the sidereal rotation period (or sidereal day ), i.e., the time that the object takes to complete a full rotation around its axis relative to the background stars ( inertial space ).

  9. We Know How Fast Earth Spins ... Don’t We? - AOL

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    Earth rotates on its axis at about 1,000 miles per hour. That’s the short answer, but it’s not the whole story.