#26: A Long Day
We’ve all gotten used to days, months, and years corresponding to a specific length of time. But if you want to get quite technical, they are actually defined in terms of behaviors of the earth: how quickly it rotates and how quickly it travels around the sun.
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This fact holds true with other planets as well. Depending on how long it takes them to circle the sun or to rotate around their own axis, you can end up with some pretty crazy stuff, like this fact here. Facts like this really make you realize just how small we humans are…