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Earth's orbit is an ellipse with eccentricity 0.0167. Thus, earth's distance from the sun and speed as it moves around the sun varies form day to day. This mean s that the length of the solar day is not constant through the year. Assume that earth's spin axis is normal to its orbital plane and find out the length of the shortest and the longesst day. A day should be taken from noon to noon. Does this explain variation of length of the day during the year?

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