Conversion number between day (sidereal) [d (sidereal)] and day [d] is 0.99726956632908. This means, that day (sidereal) is smaller unit than day.
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| [d (sidereal)] |
Result in day
?If conversion between day (sidereal) to second and second to day is exactly definied, high precision conversion from day (sidereal) to day is enabled.
Since definition contain rounded number(s) too, there is no sense for high precision calculation, but if you want, you can enable it. Keep in mind, that converted number will be inaccurate due this rounding error!
| Start value: | [day (sidereal)] |
| Step size | [day (sidereal)] |
| How many lines? | (max 100) |
| day (sidereal) | day |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 9.9726956632908 |
| 20 | 19.945391326582 |
| 30 | 29.918086989873 |
| 40 | 39.890782653163 |
| 50 | 49.863478316454 |
| 60 | 59.836173979745 |
| 70 | 69.808869643036 |
| 80 | 79.781565306327 |
| 90 | 89.754260969618 |
| 100 | 99.726956632908 |
| 110 | 109.6996522962 |
Definition of day (sidereal) unit: ≈ 23 h, 56 min, 4.0916 sec. A sidereal day is the time needed for the Earth to rotate once around its axis so that the distant stars appear in the same position in the sky. This is ~4 minutes shorter than the solar day.
Definition of day unit: = 24 h = 1440 min. One day (solar day) is period of time from noon to noon = 24 hours. A solar day is the time it takes for the Earth to rotate about its axis so that the Sun appears in the same position in the sky. 24 [h] × 3600 [s] = 86.4 [ks] = 86400 [s]
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