Earth's rotation

Also known as Earth's spin

rotation of Earth around its axis

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Earth spins on an imaginary line called its axis, completing one full rotation approximately every 24 hours. This rotation is why we experience day and night, and it also influences weather patterns, ocean currents, and the apparent movement of stars across the sky.

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Instance of: rotation
Image: Earth rotation.gif

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object of occurrence: Earth
Commons category: Earth's rotation

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Encyclopedic overview

Earth's rotation imaged by Deep Space Climate Observatory

Earth's rotation or Earth's spin is the rotation of planet Earth around its own axis, as well as changes in the orientation of the rotation axis in space. Earth rotates eastward, in prograde motion. As viewed from the northern polar star Polaris, Earth turns counterclockwise.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Earth's rotation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.