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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
There's only one problem with this. The rotation of the Earth...one day...is exactly 23 hours, 59 minutes and 56 seconds.

That depends on what you consider "one day." Is it when the rotates around relative to the sun or to the stars? A solar day is 4 minutes longer than a sidereal day. A sidereal day is 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.091 seconds.

14 posted on 12/12/2004 9:05:59 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls
That depends on what you consider "one day."

The day that I consider a "day" is the day that is used to calculate our calendars. The one that requires a leap day every 4 years to keep things on the beam.

Now if you want to have a really interesting discussion...how long was a "day" back in the Book of Genesis?

I have to go to bed. So feel free to discuss among yourselves.

18 posted on 12/12/2004 9:11:17 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (All I ask from livin' is to have no chains on me. All I ask from dyin' is to go naturally.)
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