Multiple Choice
If the direction of Earth's rotation about its axis were reversed but the direction of its revolution around the Sun remained the same, the sidereal day would be
A) 4 minutes shorter than a solar day, as it is now.
B) 4 minutes longer than a solar day.
C) the same length as a solar day.
D) 8 minutes shorter than a solar day.
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