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What is the difference between the time of the solar day and the sidereal day?

April 26, 2017difference sidereal solar time

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What is the difference between the time of the solar day and the sidereal day?

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If you could do this with a star instead of with the Sun, it would take 23 hours and 56 minutes; the “sidereal day” is precisely one rotation of the Earth, with reference to the fixed stars. But the “solar day” is referenced to the Sun, so the solar ray is 24 hours.