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Day/Year Length Of Larger, but same mass, Earth? [closed]
I’m wondering how the length of a day and year would change on Earth if it was twice as big, but the same mass (less density)?
Also, would such a difference cause it to orbit closer or further from ...
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Why is Earth rotating along $x$(day and night) and $y$(tilt, causing seasons) axis, but not along the $z$ axis (taking $z$ as the axis along orbital)?
I have read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt
It is obvious that the rotation of any planet is a combination of rotation along three axis x,y,z.
Lets take the z axis as the one being the ...
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