How Earth moves-Rotation, Revolution and much more
Create image :- google
Rotation The Earth rotates on its axis relative to the sun every 24.0 hours producing the 24hour day
Create image :- google
Revolution Earth revolves about the Sun producing the 365day year
Create image :- google
Actually Earth revolves in orbit around the sun in 365 days 6 hours 9 minutes with reference to the stars
Create image :- google
Notably the 6 hours 9 minutes adds up to about an extra day every fourth year which is designated a leap year with the extra day added as February 29th
Create image :- google
NASA says that while Rotation refers to an objects spinning motion about its own axis Revolution refers to the objects orbital motion around another object
Create image :- google
The speed at which the Earth is moving ranges from 29.29 to 30.29 kms
Create image :- google
Earths orbit is elliptical and reaches its closest approach to the sun a perihelion of 147090000 km on about January fourth of each year
Create image :- google
Aphelion comes six months later at 152100000 km
Create image :- google
Amazingly human activity can affect Earth. According to NASA the Three Gorges Dam in China slows down the rotation of the Earth by 0.06 microseconds