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Sep 23, 2017

23 hours and 56 minutes.

Explanation:

The time it takes for the Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis is called a Siderial Day. The length of one siderial day is 23 hours and 56 minutes.

However we usually use the Solar day to measure time in clocks. One Solar day is 24 hours.

Earth take 365.242 days toi make revolution around Sun in an elliptical orbit.

Explanation:

Wikipedai says.Image result for difference between revolution and rotation of EArthwww.differencebtw.com
It is important to understand the difference between rotations and revolutions. When an object turns around an internal axis (like the Earth turns around its axis) it is called a rotation. When an object circles an external axis (like the Earth circles the sun) it is called a revolution..