What would Earth be like with a 48 hour rotation rate?
Would the climate be different?
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answers:
billrussell42 say: climate would be different, as the nights would be colder, the days warmer, which would change the air circulation, which changes the climate. Exactly what would change would need a computer simulation.
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Ronald 7 say: Everything would go Pear shaped
Anyway, it doesn't
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goring say: The earth would be twice its present mass to spin slower.And the angle of the spin would have to change to obtain the same weather we have
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Acetek say: make for really long work days
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quantumclaustrophobe say: Days would get much warmer overall; while nights would be colder.
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Benjamin say: we will leave that to your imagination
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Alexander say: Days would be hotter, nights cooler, so, yes.
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