GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -It takes earth approximately 365.25 days to complete one revolution around the earth. Thus earth takes one year to complete one revolution around the sun. One day is approximately 23 hours and 56 minutes and thus it takes 365 times one day to complete a revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Earth takes 365 days to revolve around the Sun, whereas, Mars takes 687 days to complete one revolution around the Sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -The solar day-the one humans count in the calendar-happens when Earth spins just a little further, and the sun is at the same point in the sky as it was 24 hours ago. We count 365 days in a year even though Earth spins 366 times.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today marks 475 years since the death of one of Poland’s most esteemed scientists. Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionised astronomy with his discovery that the earth moved around the sun.