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The difference in the lengths of a mean solar day and a sidereal day is about

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Solar day is the time interval between successsive passage of the sun crossing the meridian in the sky. However, the sidereal day is the time interval between successive passage of any star crossing the meridian or any other fixed point in the sky.
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