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Mama smiled. "Yeah, I find it hard to imagine
too. Anyway, do you know why day and night
follow each other?"
"I think so. You once told me, that the Earth
spins like a top. So different parts of it
face the Sun at different times. The half of
the Earth facing the Sun, gets sunlight and
has day. But as the Earth spins, that half
slowly turns away from the Sun and has night.
That is why we have day and night and then day
again as the Earth happily spins on and on.
One day is the amount of time it takes the
earth to spin once."
"Very well explained, Tania. The Earth not
only spins like a top, but also goes in
circles around the Sun. This motion of the
Earth is called orbiting. It takes the Earth
one year, which is 365 days, to complete one
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