On Nov 24, 7:39*am, oriel36 wrote:
On Nov 23, 3:27*pm, Hugh Newbury wrote:

Here is what NASA believes -

"The Earth spins on its axis about 366 and 1/4 times each year, but
there are only 365 and 1/4 days per year. " NASA

Wait a minute there - a sidereal year (time for Earth to complete its
orbit with respect to the fixed stars) has about 365.256 solar days,
but 1 more sidereal day than that - because there is exactly one whole
axial revolution of the Earth to catch up. Lots of references
available for this.