What is the degree of rotation of the earth each hour?
What is the degree of rotation of the earth each hour?
Explanation
The Earth rotates at 15° per hour.
It spins on its axis once every 24 hours.
At the equator, the Earth's spin is about 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km per hour).
The Earth rotates counterclockwise, from west to east.
The Earth also moves around the Sun, which is called its orbit.
It takes the Earth 365 1/4 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.