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Describe the difference between a sidereal day and a solar day.

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a sidereal day is the time it takes for the earth to rotate about it axis so that the distant star appears In the same position in the sky while a solar day is the time it takes for the earth to rotate about it axis so that the sun appears in the same position in the sky

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