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Q. The difference in the lengths of a mean solar day and a sidereal day is about

AIIMSAIIMS 2003Physical World, Units and Measurements

Solution:

Sideral day is about $4$ min shorter than our normal solar $24 \,h$ or one day. It is about $3$ min $56\, s$.