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This motion gives an apparent movement of the Sun with respect to the stars at a rate of about 1°/day (or a Sun or Moon diameter every 12 hours) eastward, as seen from Earth. On average it takes 24 hours—a solar day—for Earth to complete a full rotation about its axis relative to the Sun so that the Sun returns to the meridian.wiki
A day on Jupiter, which is the amount of time it takes to spin around once, is much shorter than a day on Earth. The giant planet's day is only about ten hours long, less than half as long as a Earth day.source
Mercury has very very long days. How long is one day on Mercury? Each day on Mercury lasts as long as 58 days, 15 hours on Earth. This is quite a feat, considering a whole year on Mercury is only 88 days.source
Over the course of an orbit, while the angle of the axial tilt doesn't change, the orientation of a planet's axial tilt moves through 360 degrees (one complete orbit around the Sun), relative to the Sun, causing the seasons.wiki
Except there's no mechanism that slows a planet down in its orbit. If it goes slower, it starts falling into the sun.
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
Except there's no mechanism that slows a planet down in its orbit. If it goes slower, it starts falling into the sun.
Also, the Moon is spinning away from us, don't you think this would be the same for Earth ?
Then there are magnetic fields all around. They can still be responsible for gravity.
Some like to think the plasma theory fits better.
Oh... there was a flood although it was not a global one... probably...
Originally posted by llama
I wonder about the forces as in a top, the "Wobble factor". I would assume that would account for some variations in orbits and rotations. I understand there is also a "Wobble factor" to the orbit of our solar system in relation to the galaxy. I have been trying to stress these points to people for over a decade now. There is too much evidence of the "Wobble Factor" in many aspects of our universe.