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6 Hours – It Is Also
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An hour is most commonly defined as a period of time equal to 60 minutes, where a minute is equal to 60 seconds, and a second has a rigorous scientific definition. There are also 24 hours in a day.
But a counting system based on twelve is called a duodecimal system. The Egyptians also divided the dark hours into 12 sections based on the appearance in the night sky of 12 stars as the night advanced. So with 12 hours of daylight and 12 of night, the 24 hour day was established.
If one hour had 100 minutes, then that would mean that each minute would be shorter and there would be more of them in an hour. This could change the way we use our time, as well as how we view it. It’s interesting to think about what else might change if time were structured differently.
24 hours
A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours (86,400 seconds).
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