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Earth's rotation

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.

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Earth's rotation

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related to Empirical tests · 20
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related to Angular speed · 13
Earth's rotation → Earth, Earth's, For, However, Kennedy Space Center, Latitude, Multiplying, SI, Some, Sun, The, This, WGS84
related to Stellar and sidereal day · 13
Earth's rotation → Both, Earth, Earth's, IERS, International Celestial Reference Frame, International Earth Rotation, Reference Systems Service, SI, Sun, The, This, Thus, UT1
related to True solar day · 13
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related to External links · 11
Earth's rotation → Earth, Earth Orientation Center, Earth Rotation, Earth's, IERS, If, May, Reference Systems Service, Sun, USNO Earth Orientation Archived, Wayback Machine
related to Mean solar day · 10
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related to Origin · 10
Earth's rotation → As, Big Bang, Earth's, However, Moon, Regardless, Solar System, Theia, This, Tidal
measured by · 9
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related to Ancient observations · 9
Earth's rotation → Babylonian, BCE, Chinese, Earth, Earth's, Islamic, The, There, These
related to In rotational axis · 7
Earth's rotation → Chandler, Earth's, It, Moon, Precession, Sun, The

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Earth's rotationis aFoucault pendulum first built by physicist Léon Foucault in 18510.90text
the Mooninstance ofthe effect of celestial bodies0.80text
and possibly climate changeinstance ofthe effect of celestial bodies0.80text
which is causing the ice at Earth's poles to meltinstance ofthe effect of celestial bodies0.80text
Earth's rotationmeasured byThe0.60section
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Earth's rotationmeasured byGlobal Positioning System0.60section
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Earth's rotationmeasured byEarth0.60section
Earth's rotationmeasured byUT10.60section
Earth's rotationmeasured byGPS0.60section
Earth's rotationmeasured byGLONASS0.60section

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