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Question
State two chief characteristics of the revolution of the earth.
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Solution
The earth revolves at an average speed of 100,000 km per hour. The earth revolves in an elliptical orbit with two particular positions, i.e., perihelion 147.3 million km away from the sun in January and aphelion 152 million km away from the sun in July.
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