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What is the approximate angular speed of the earth about its axis?.

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It takes the Earth approximately 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds to make one complete revolution (360 degrees). This length of time is known as a sidereal day. The Earth rotates at a moderate angular velocity of 7.2921159 × 10−5 radians/second.

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