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golden-boy1990
Feb 3, 2008, 06:48 PM
What's the difference between a rotation and a revolution?

Stratmando
Feb 3, 2008, 06:54 PM
I think Rotation is a circular motion, and revolution is how many times it rotates.
360 degrees of circular motion equals 1 revolution?
A College person may have a different answer.

Wondergirl
Feb 3, 2008, 06:55 PM
When you rotate, you stand in one place and turn around and around in a tight circle. The earth rotates (spins around) on its axis.

When you revolve, you go around something, like your house or a car. The earth revolves around the sun.