Saturday, April 20, 2013

地球自转形成白天与黑夜 Day and Night


地球自转是地球的一种重要运动形式,地球绕自转轴自西向东的转动,从北极点上空看呈逆时针旋转,从南极点上空看呈顺时针旋转。地球自转一周的时间是1日。
白天和黑夜,亦可代指事物两个相反的方向。昼夜由自转产生,谓之“太阳日”,但昼夜的长度并非等于自转周期,因为当地球自转一周后,同时进行了公转,公转使地球对于太阳的相对角度发生变化,而昼夜是以太阳照在地球上的范围来看的,所以一昼夜比自转周期多3分56秒。当地球自转时,面向太阳之地面为“昼”,背向太阳之地面则为“夜”。


Earth's rotation is the rotation of the solid Earth around its own axis. The Earth rotates towards the east. As viewed from the North StarPolaris, the Earth turns counter-clockwise.
The Earth rotates around once in 24 hours - that's a rate of 1000 miles per hour!. The time it takes for the Earth to rotate completely around once is what we call a day. It's Earth's rotation that gives us night and day.



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